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== ''Asparagus acerosus'' Roxb. ==
South Russia. The young shoots, according to Chaubard, are eaten in the Peloponesus.
 
== ''Asperula odorata'' Linn. ==
''Rubiaceae''. WOODROOF.
 
Europe and the adjoining portions of Asia. The flowers are sweetscented.
 
The herbage is not fragrant when fresh but, after being gathered for a short time, it gives out the perfume of new hay and retains this property for years. In Germany, woodroof is used for imparting a flavor to some of the Rhine wines. In England, it is cultivated occasionally as a garden herb, being used for flavoring cooling drinks. Its seed is advertised in American garden catalogs. Woodroof will thrive in the shade of most trees and grows in all kinds of garden soil.
 
== ''Asphodeline lutea'' Reichb. ==
''Liliaceae''. ASPHODEL. JACOB'S ROD. KING'S SPEAR.
 
Region of the Mediterranean and the Caucasus. This plant is mentioned as covering large tracts of land in Apulia and as being abundant in Sicily. It was fabled to grow in the Elysian fields, and hence the ancient Greeks were wont to place asphodel on the tombs of their friends. The root is mentioned as an esculent by Pythagoras. Pliny says the roots of asphodel were generally roasted under embers and then eaten with salt and oil and when mashed with figs were thought a most excellent dish. Phillips, exercising some imagination, says: "Asphodel was to the ancient Greeks and Romans what the potato now is to us, a bread plant, the value of which cannot be too highly estimated. It has long since given way to its successors in favor."
 
== ''Aster tripolium'' Linn. ==
''Compositae''. ASTER.
 
Northern Africa, Asia, the Orient and Europe. The somewhat fleshy leaves of this aster are occasionally gathered to make a kind of pickle.
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