The field, the garden and the woodland, or, Interesting facts respecting flowers and plants in general . ed from themeans of procuring any, they subsisted for severaldays solely on gum-arabic, and scarcely felt thepressure of hunger or the decrease of strength. The powerful and offensive smelling Asafcetida,so frequently used as a stimulating medicine, is aresinous gum formed of the hardened juice of aplant of that name, the Ferula Asafcetida, whichgrows wild in Persia and the East Indies. Thisjuice when it first flows from the root is a whiteliquid substance, but forms into masses by ex-posur
The field, the garden and the woodland, or, Interesting facts respecting flowers and plants in general . ed from themeans of procuring any, they subsisted for severaldays solely on gum-arabic, and scarcely felt thepressure of hunger or the decrease of strength. The powerful and offensive smelling Asafcetida,so frequently used as a stimulating medicine, is aresinous gum formed of the hardened juice of aplant of that name, the Ferula Asafcetida, whichgrows wild in Persia and the East Indies. Thisjuice when it first flows from the root is a whiteliquid substance, but forms into masses by ex-posure to air. Disgusting as is the scent or flavour of thisdrug to our senses, the Brahmins of Hindoostaneat with relish a kind of cake made with flour,and highly seasoned with the powerful resinous juice of the Scotch fir {Pinus Syl-vestris) affords turpentine. The Birch-tree ofcold countries contains in its bark so large a quan-tity of resinous matter, as that it is frequently 224 SCOTCH FIR. cut into strips, and, being twisted together andmade into torches, will burn for several Scotch Fir—Finus Sj^lvesfris. Caoutchouc, or Indian rubber, is a resinousgum that flows from a tree which is a native ofwarm climates. The Hevea, from which it has CAOUTCHOUC. 225 been chiefly derived, grows in Brazil, in the•woods of Demerara, and many other of the loftyforests of tropical America; and is as tall as anyof the trees which may he found there. A largeclimbing plant in Sumatra and some other places(the Urceola Eldstica) yields the same sub-stance, though its different mode of preparationgives it an appearance somewhat dissimilar fromthe produce of the western hemisphere. Themilky substance is contained in the bark of thetree, and when this is cut it freely oozes out. Itis white, and has about the consistence of South America this juice is spread severaltimes over a mould of earth, and dried in the the coat is thick enough, the mould isbroken, and
Size: 1427px × 1751px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookauthorlady, bookcentury1800, bookidfieldgardenwoodl00lady
