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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 434 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SORREL , Rumex Acetosa, a member of the natural See also:

order See also:

POLYGONACEAE

Polygonaceae, a See also:

hardy perennial, native to See also:

BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain and found throughout the See also:

north temperate See also:

ZONE (Gr. 'WV77, a girdle, from 'wvvLvay to gird)

zone. The leaves are used in soups, salads and sauces. Sorrel grows freely in any See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden See also:

SOIL

soil, and is increased by dividing the roots during the See also:

early See also:

PART

part of See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring. They should be planted in rows 15 to 18 in. apart. The leaves, when fully grown, are gathered singly. The See also:

COMMON

common garden sorrel is much See also:

SUPERIOR

superior to the See also:

WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild plant; but the See also:

BELLEVILLE

Belleville, which is the See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind generally cultivated near See also:

Paris, is still better, its leaves being larger and not so See also:

ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid. The Blistered-leaved, which has large leaves with a blistered See also:

SURFACE

surface, has the See also:

ADVANTAGE

advantage of being slow in See also:

RUNNING

running to See also:

SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed. See also:

French Sorrel (Rumex scutatus) is a hardy perennial, distributed through See also:

EUROPE

Europe but not native in Britain, with densely-branched trailing stems. The leaves are roundish, See also:

heart-shaped and See also:

GLAUCOUS (Gr. yAavK6s, bright, gleaming)

glaucous; they are more acid than those of the common sorrel.

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