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Show Fiowera That Yield Soap. English i ountryfolk. on occasion, still find substitutes for soap among tbe wild flowers of tho hedgepjw. Tbe best of thse Is the 9oapwort, which contains a mucilaginous Juice which lathers freely, but almost equally equal-ly good for washing purposes are tho corn cockle, the wild lychnis, the scarlet pimpernel, and the familiar , clove The fruit of the horse chest-nut, chest-nut, also, has saponlne qualities, and I Is largely used in place of soap In rural districts on the continent. |