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382 CAMPING AND WOODCRAFT(P. perennis). Thickets. Canada to Fl?.., westto Minn., Neb., La. July-Sep.Was used as food by the Indians; the Apaches eatit either green or dried.Bellwort. Uviilaria perfoliata. Moist woodsand thickets. Quebec and Ont. to Fla. and Miss.May-June."The roots of this and other species of Uvulariaare edible when cooked, and the young shoots are agood substitute for asparagus." (Porcher.)Brooklime^ American. Veronica Americana,Brooks and swamps. Anticosti to Alaska, south toPa., Neb., N. Mex., Cal. Apr-Sep.''A salad plant equal to the watercress. Delightfulin flavor, healthful, anti-scorbutic." {Sci. Amer.)Burdock, Great. Cockle-bur. Arctium Lappa,Waste places. New Brunsw. to southern N. Y.,and locally in the interior. Not nearly so widelydistributed as the smaller common burdock (A,minus). July-Oct.A naturalized weed, so rank in appearance andodor that nothing but stark necessity could havedriven people to experiment with it as a vegetable.Yet, like the skunk cabbage, it is capable of beingturned to good account. In spring, the tendershoots, when peeled, can be eaten raw like radishes,or, with vinegar, can be used as a salad.The stalkscut before the flowers open, and stripped of theirrind, form a delicate vegetable when boiled, similarin flavor to asparagus. The raw root has medicinalproperties, but the Japanese eat the cooked root, preparingit as follows: The skin is scraped or peeledoff, and the roots sliced in long strips, or cut intopieces about two inches long", and boiled with saltand pepper, or with soy, to impart flavor; or theboiled root is mashed, made into cakes, and friedlike oyster plant.Charlock. Wild Mustard. Brassica arvensis(B. Sinapistrum) . Fields and waste places. Naturalizedeverj^where. May-Nov.Extensively used as a pot-herb; aids digestion*