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By tapping this tree it yields a liquor not unlike that of the birch-tree, from which the Americans make a sugar, and the Highlanders sometimes an agreeable and wholesome wine. Lightfoot's Fl. Scot. MARSH MARIGOLD. Caltha palustris. The flower-buds, before opening, are picked, and are considered a good substitute for capers. MEADOW-SWEET. Spiraea Filipendula.
Gums, powders, roots, glass phials, branches of filipendula, and rose-petals were scattered about everywhere, and the scents were stifling in spite of the cloud-wreaths from the styrax shrivelling on a brazen tripod in the centre.
The flowers have a very pleasant flavour, which water extracts from them by infusion, and elevates in distillation. SPIRAEA Filipendula. DROPWORT. The Root. The root consists of a number of tubercles, fastened together by slender strings; its taste is rough and bitterish, with a slight degree of pungency.
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