. An encyclopædia of gardening; . es; it may however be suspected, that the pieces thusolanted contained ripe seeds. Truffles, we may add, seem to delight in a mixture of clav and sand; anda moderate degree of bottom heat, such as is afforded by a spent hot-bed, might probably forward their ve-gelation. {Ed. Encyc.) Sect. XV. Edible Fuci. — Cryptogamia Algce, L. and Fucaceee, , Fr.; Meergrass, Ger. ; and Fuco, Ital. 4349. The edible British fuci may be shortly enumerated, because some of them areoccasionally used as condiments by famihes living near the sea-coast; and because th
. An encyclopædia of gardening; . es; it may however be suspected, that the pieces thusolanted contained ripe seeds. Truffles, we may add, seem to delight in a mixture of clav and sand; anda moderate degree of bottom heat, such as is afforded by a spent hot-bed, might probably forward their ve-gelation. {Ed. Encyc.) Sect. XV. Edible Fuci. — Cryptogamia Algce, L. and Fucaceee, , Fr.; Meergrass, Ger. ; and Fuco, Ital. 4349. The edible British fuci may be shortly enumerated, because some of them areoccasionally used as condiments by famihes living near the sea-coast; and because theyfurmsh articles of resource for the local poor, especially in seasons of scarcity. Tliere arenumerous species ; all of which, in common with every other class of sea-weeds and zoo-phytes, are employed in gardening as manures ; and in general economy for making kelpor alkali. The following are the principal of the British species, which are considerededible by the inhabitants of sea-shores. Book I. HORTICULTURAL CATALOGUE. 687. 4350. Fucus saccharhms. Sweet fucus, > or sea-belt.{fig. 481. a) Lightfoot mentions, that the common peo-ple on the coast of England sometimes boil this species asa pot-herb. Anderson says, the Icelanders boil it in milkto the consistence of pottage, and eat it with a are also said to soak it in fresh water, dry it in thesun, and then lay it up in wooden vessels ; it soon becomescovered with a white effloresence of salt, has asweetish taste, and in this state they eat it with also feed their cattle with this species. 4351. , L. Dulse. () Eoth thetender stalks and young fronds are eaten recent from thesea, commonly without any preparation ; they are some-times considered as forming a salad, but more generallyare used as a whet. Dulse formerly was frequently friedand brought to table. It is said, that the inhabitants ofthe Greek islands are fond of this species, adding it to ra-gouts and olios, to whi
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