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EDIBLE PLANTS 383Chickweed. Alsine media. {Sfellaria m.).Waste places, meadows, and woods. Naturalized;common everywhere. Jan-Dec.Used like spinach, and quite as good.Chicory. Wild Succor}\ Chichorhwi Intyhus.Roadsides, fields, and waste places. Nova Scotiato Minn., south to N. C. and Mo. July-Oct.All parts of the plant are wholesome. Theyoung kaves make a good salad, or may be cookedas a pot-herb like dandelion. The root, ground androasted, is used as an adulterant of coffee.Clover.Trifolium, many species.The coast Indians of California use clover as afood. The fresh leaves and stems are used, beforeflowering. ''Deserves test as a salad herb, withvinegar and salt."CoMFREY. Symphytum officinale. Waste places,Newf. to Minn., south to Md. Naturalized,June-Aug.Makes good greens when gathered young.Cow Pea. China Bean. Vigna Sinensis,Escaped from cultivation. Mo. to Texas and Ga.July-Sep.The seeds are edible.Cow Pepper. A plant resembling toothwort(Dentaria diphylla) but bearing a yellow instead ofa white flower, and developing a bur. Tops used inthe southern Appalachians for salad, and the rootsas a substitute for horseradish.Cress^ Rocket. Yellow Rocket. Bitter Cress.Barharea Barharea {B. vulgaris). Fields and wasteplaces. Naturalized. Labrador to Va., and locallyin interior; also on Pacific coast. Apr.-June.The young, tender leaves make a fair salad, butinferior to the winter cress.Cress^ Water. Roripa Nasturtium (Nasturtiumofficinale). Brooks and other streams. NovaScotia to Manitoba, south to Va. and Mo. Naturalizedfrom Europe. Apr.-Nov.A well-known salad herb. The leaves and stemsare eaten raw with salt, as a relish, or mixed as9 salad-