1863 The manufacture of liquors, wines, and cordials

CARAWAY.

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ANGELICA.

That known

Of this root there are two varieties.

it should be bought

as garden angelica is preferable ;

in powder, in well-stoppered bottles. The dried root is greyish brown, and much wrinkled exter- nally, whitish and spongy within. The smell is strong and fragrant, and the taste at first sweetish, afterwards warm, aromatic, bitterish, and somewhat musky. This root is for cordials. See Formulas. Or sweet flag. This is an indigenous plant, grow- ing abundantly throughout the United States, in low, wet, swampy places. By the process of drying, the root loses nearly one half of its diameter, but is im- proved in odor and taste. The active principles are taken up both by spirit and boiling water. Ca- lamus enters into the composition of the different varieties of bitters and cordials. CALAMUS,

CARAWAY.

The caraway plant is a native of Europe, growing wild in meadows and pastures. It has been intro- duced into this country. Our supplies come partly