New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-13
FLOWERS THAT ARE EATEN.
THE CAULIFLOWER Is a sPECIME'
From The Scientific American


From The Scientific American
In many parts of India the flowers OF a sapona-
tree. Bassia latlfoa or mahwah. form really
important article OF food These blossoms which are
quantities from the tree and are gathered early in
sekT 0Ta ase and and e odor They a kew dried
the sun and sold In the bazaars The Bh heel dry
so important are they considered for this purpose
that when in expeditions for the punishment 81 or
made by the invading force to cut down their Bass Ia
trees the menace most commonly insures their sub
An ardent spirit ike whiskey is distilled from these
flowers. and Is consumed IN large quantities by the
eat the flowers both and cooked. often with the
single tree will afford from 200 to 400 pounds Of
The blossoms Of another species. b longifolia are
employed In similar manner by the natives OF Nal
abar and Mysore whore II abounds. They are either
dried and roasted and then eaten or are bruised and
boiled TO jelly and made into small balls. which
are sold or exchanged for fish, rice and various sorts
The flowers OF the Judas tree. Cercis siquastrum
of Europe, have an agreeable acid taste. and are
with batter. and the flower buds picked in vine
gar The flowers OF the American species, c. Cana
densls the red bud are used by the French Cana
The flowers OF me Ambition escul-ntum bencao
flowers Of Moringo pterygosperma. the horseradsh
tree, are eaten by the natives OF India in their
The large and snowy flowers Of TropaeOnm
nncnty used along with the voune nave are as
salad. They have warm taste. not unlike that
of the common cress and 1t Is from this circum-
stance that the plant has obtained the name OF
| nasturtium
The young calices OF Dillenia scabrea and u.
specoso. which swollen and heshy have "A
pleasantly acid taste and ere used by the inhabi-
tants Of Chittagong and Bengal in their curres and
/ also for making Jelly.
The flowers of Rhododendron aboreum eaten
by the hill people OF India. and made into "A
jelly by the European visitors. Yet poisonous pro-
prictics usually ascrbcd To the species of this
genus. and II has been said that the X. Ponticum
WAS the plant from whose flowers the bees OF Pom
tus collected the money that produced the extraor-
binary symptoms OF poisoning described hay
Ing attacked the Greek soldiers In the OF the
l0On.
The flower buds of Xygophyllum Fabago are used
as substitute for capcrs. and the flowers OF Nell
anthus major. n plant of the same order. are 80
fun OF honey that the natives of Good Hope, where
the plant grows Wild obtain II for food by shaking
the branches. when II falls In a heavy shower.
Coccoloba uvifera IL remarkable from the Pc
culiarity OF the calyx which becomes pupy and OF
violet color whence the plant is called the seaside
grape The pulpy cal,x has agreeable acid
flavor and IL edible.
The flower stalks OF Hovcnta dulcls become ex-
tremely large and suCcucnt. and used I'm China
fruit. 1t is said that In flavor they resemble
ripe pear.
The flowers of the pumpkin were cooked and ea ten
by OF the tribes OF the American Indians.
especially by the Aztecs by whom they were highly
esteemed
The caulihower which has been known from re-
mote antiquity. differs in remarkable manner from