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His chimney side

Could boast no gammon, salted well and dried

And hook’d behind him; but sufficient store

Of bundled anise and a cheese it bore.

The Salad. Trans. from “Virgil.”—Cowper.

In Virgil’s time Anise evidently must have been used as a spice. It is a graceful, umbelliferous plant, a native of Egypt, but the seeds will ripen in August in England if it is planted in a warm and favourable situation. Abercrombie[5] says “its chief use is to flavour soups, but Loudon[6] includes it among confectionery herbs.”

[5] “Every Man his own Gardener.”

[6] “Encyclopædia of Gardening,” 1822.