Chapter 11 THE CHEMISTRY OF VEGETABLE FOOD.

We come now to the vegetable kingdom, the principal points that we are to consider arranging themselves somewhat as follows:-

Farinaceous seeds,

Oleaginous seeds,

Leguminous seeds,

Tubers and roots,

Herbaceous articles,

Fruits,

Saccharine and farinaceous preparations.

Under the first head, that of farinaceous seeds, are incl