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Cowslip (BECAUSE affording an excellent)

BECAUSE affording an excellent sweet wine with decided curative virtues, the Cowslip merits a passing culinary notice. Pliny wrote about this homely flower, “In aquâ potum omnibus morbis mederi tradunt," thus making it seem a veritable panacea. Former medical writers called it the "Palsywort," because of its supposed efficacy in relieving paralysis. Pope has praised the plant for its soporific powers :- "For want of rest Lettuce and cowslip wine: probatum est."

Cowslip salad made from the golden petals, with white sugar, and other adjuncts, is an excellent, and refreshing dish. Also a syrup of rich yellow colour may be made from the petals. One pound of the freshly-gathered blossoms should be infused in a pint and a half of boiling water, and then simmered down with loaf sugar to a proper consistence. This syrup, taken with 66