[2654] The Rosa canina of Linnæus: the dog-rose or Eglantine.
[2655] The Rubus Idæus of botanists; the ordinary raspberry.
[2656] See B. xxiv. c. 75.
[2657] See B. xxiv. c. 35.
[2658] They are still used for dyeing, but not for staining the hair.
[2659] Only as a purgative, probably.
[2660] Though the acid it contains would curdle milk, still its natural acridity would disqualify it from being used for making cheese.
[2661] The white sap or inner bark; the aubier of the French. Fée remarks, that its supposed analogy with fat is incorrect.
[2662] He means the outer ligneous layers of the wood. They differ only in their relative hardness.
[2663] “Pulpæ.” The ligneous fibres which form the tissue of the bark.