The field, the garden and the woodland, or, Interesting facts respecting flowers and plants in general . Eatable Ag^nci. Poisonous Agarici. method of preparing it weakens the effect. Plantswhich in a raw state are extremely perniciousare often rendered quite innoxious by boiling, as 278 WILD CARROT. tlie principle of vegetables is greatly influenced byheat. On the Continent mushrooms are eaten attable dressed in a greater variety of ways; anddeath is more frequently occasioned by their use. The wild carrot (^Daucus carotus), a plantfrequent in every hedge, is well known to you*This is the orig
The field, the garden and the woodland, or, Interesting facts respecting flowers and plants in general . Eatable Ag^nci. Poisonous Agarici. method of preparing it weakens the effect. Plantswhich in a raw state are extremely perniciousare often rendered quite innoxious by boiling, as 278 WILD CARROT. tlie principle of vegetables is greatly influenced byheat. On the Continent mushrooms are eaten attable dressed in a greater variety of ways; anddeath is more frequently occasioned by their use. The wild carrot (^Daucus carotus), a plantfrequent in every hedge, is well known to you*This is the origin of our garden carrot, and anexamination of its root will serve to convince youof the value of cultivation, as its inferiority to thegarden vegetable is very perceptible. Its clustersof flowers are very pretty, as their white is veryclear and their form very regular. Their centralfloret is of a crimson colour, and this little markserves well to distinguish the wild carrot frommany similar plants, this distinction being quitepeculiar. The seeds which, enclosed in sugar, are sold byconfectioners under the name of c
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