Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . SOY SPAIN 597. Sow-thistle (Simclttis oleraceus). not relislieil l>y cattle and hoi-:>es. The Corn Sow-thistle {S. aivensui) b a perennial with largeyellow (lowers, fre-.^ quent in corutields in r^~ Britain ami throu;<?it pit Eurojie. Nearly alliedP OIV ^& Hfr^J^ * ^^ tienus JSonchus 1^7-—-^^^^/0^ ^* Mulsediuni, to which belongs theAlpine Blue Sow-thistle [M. iilpinum),the beautiful blueflowers of wliicli adornsome of the most in-accessible spots of themountains of Switzer-land and of Scotland. Soy is a thick andpiquant s

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Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . SOY SPAIN 597. Sow-thistle (Simclttis oleraceus). not relislieil l>y cattle and hoi-:>es. The Corn Sow-thistle {S. aivensui) b a perennial with largeyellow (lowers, fre-.^ quent in corutields in r^~ Britain ami throu;<?it pit Eurojie. Nearly alliedP OIV ^& Hfr^J^ * ^^ tienus JSonchus 1^7-—-^^^^/0^ ^* Mulsediuni, to which belongs theAlpine Blue Sow-thistle [M. iilpinum),the beautiful blueflowers of wliicli adornsome of the most in-accessible spots of themountains of Switzer-land and of Scotland. Soy is a thick andpiquant sauce madefrom the seeds of theSoy Bean (.SVyVe his-pidri), a plant of thenatural order Legum-inosu, suborder Papil-ionace^T. It is a nativeof thina, Japan, andthe Moluccas, and Ls much cultivated inChina and Itis also common in India, althou^di ]irobably not anative of that country. The seeds resemble thoseof the Kidney Bean, and are used in the same Japanese name is Shoyu (see J.\P.\x, Vol. 286). Soy is made by mixinj; the lieans

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