ld ducks, woodcocks.

iv. Vegetables.

Jerusalem artichokes, beet root, borecole, white and purple broccoli,
cabbages, cardoons, carrots, celery, endive, herbs of all sorts,
leeks, lettuces, onions, parsnips, potatoes, salad, Savoys,
scorzonera, skirrets, shalots, spinach, truffles, turnips,
_forced_ asparagus.

v. Fruit.

Almonds. Apples: Golden pippin, nonpareil, winter pearmain, golden
russet. Chestnuts, hazel nuts, walnuts, filberts, Almeria grapes,
medlars, oranges. Pears: Bergamot, beurre d'hiver.

43. Drying Herbs.

Fresh herbs are preferable to dried ones, but as they cannot always be
obtained, it is most important to dry herbs at the proper seasons:

Basil is in a fit state for drying about the middle of August,
Burnet in June, July, and August,
Chervil in May, June, and July.
Elder Flowers in May, June, and July.
Fennel in May, June, and July.
Knotted Marjoram during July.
Lemon Thyme end of July and through August.
Mint, end of June and July.
Orange Flowers, May, June, ard July.
Parsley, May, June, and July.
Sage, August and September.
Summer Savoury, end of July and August.
Tarragon, June, July, and August.
Thyme, end of July and August.
Winter Savoury, end of July and August.

These herbs always at hand will be a great aid to the cook. Herbs
should be gathered on a dry day; they should be immediately well
cleansed, and dried by the heat of a stove or Dutch oven. The leaves
should then be picked off, pounded and sifted, put into stoppered
bottles, labelled, and put away for use. Those who are unable or may
not care to take the trouble to dry herbs, can obtain them prepared
for use in bottles at the green-grocer's.

44. Dr. Kitchiner's Rules for Marketing.

The best rule for marketing is to pay ready money for everything, _and
to deal with the most respectable tradesmen_ in your neighbourhood. If
you leave it to their integrity to supply you with a good article at
the fair market price, you will be supplied with better provisions,
and at as reasonable a rate as those bargain-hunters who trot
"_around, around, around about_" a market till they are trapped to buy
some _unchewable_ old poultry, _tough_ tup-mutton, _stringy_ cow-beef,
or _stale_ fi