Show bood what fa even regarded as B vile weed can with a little stretch of imagination bo turned into an ornamental oin plant or delicious vegetable this is especially tho caso with thi common burdock lappa major schoolboys all know it from gathering the baxa and compressing them together by hie curved of abo floral this is all they know about at it ia di alt to ceo anything more to bo in the burdock leaf than in the leaf of tho rhubarb it appears that it is largely used in china for food but it is stated that if the stalks bo cut down before tho flowers expand and then be boiled tho is relished equally with asparagus the leaves when young aro boiled and as wo eat in japan it is in universal use thousands of acres aro devoted to its culture but in this case tho root is tho object it requires deep soil to get tho roots to the beet ad vantage monthly |