English: AN AFRICAN FOREST. From "Livingstone's Last Journeys" (French Edition). Illustration by Alexandre de Bar. Mar. 11, 1876.] The Garden. 243

Identifier: gardenillustrate91876lond (find matches)
Title: The Garden : an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches
Year: 1871 (1870s)
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Subjects: Gardening Horticulture
Publisher: London : (s.n.
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y be eaten raw or cooked. After soaking in water twelve hours, they may be eaten as a sauce. Dr. C. T. Jackson, in the Journal of the American Department of Agriculture, states :— When these tubers are beaten to a paste and mixed with water, a remarkable emulsion is formed, which, after straining, resembles milk in appearance. The fat at length rises to the surface and looks like cream, whilst most of the starch subsides to the bottom of the vessel; but enough still remains suspended to give the emulsion the appearance of thin or skim milk. Thus mingled with water, the most nutritive ingredients of this plant may be taken as a drink. It is much used in this manner by the Spaniards, and I have no doubt will be so employed in this country. This emulsion may be sweetened and flavoured so as to make it very agreeable to the taste. They are chiefly used in Spain and other hot European climates for making an orgeat (orchata de Chnfa.s), a delightful and refreshing drink. Mau. 11, 1876.) THE GARDEN,
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AX AFIJ A\ rOUrsl. rnm Luin„ tines La^,t .Tliini-.y-. (rivnrh Edition). 244 THE GARDEN. (Mar. 11, 1876. THE INDOOR GARDEN. FUCHSIAS PLANTED OUT AND IN POTS. Among my earliest recollections of Fuchsias was a large old tree (I may safely so call it) of exoniensis, planted in a conservatory border. It has, however, long ago disappeared, and the name is wellnigh forgotten ; and many others, raised since, have had to give way in like manner to improved varieties; but I still think that for the decoration of large houses, the system then adopted, of planting them in the borders, and either training them as pyramids or standards, had its advantages. Another plan that I have often adopted in treating them as permanent plants was to cut them down to the ground after they had ceased blooming without disturbing the roots, thus making room for Chrysanthemums and other autumn and winter-flowering plants, these again being removed when the Fuchsias commenced growth in spring. With a little thinning and tr

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