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Note 11 — Section 56. OUR CULTIVATED⁠[1] NATIVE⁠[2] PLANTS.

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[1] veredelt.

[2] einheimisch.

[3] The clause ‘Most — trees’ may be briefly rendered by ‘Die meisten Baumfrüchte’.

[4] Here follows the adverbial clause ‘by grafting — means’.

[5] bedeutend.

[6] ‘raised — state’ may be elegantly rendered by the p. p. ‘cultivated’ (veredelt).

[7] Say ‘The principal cultivated native plants are’, etc.

[8] See S. 3, N. 2. I should recommend to repeat the art. before each of the following six nouns.

[9] is a native of, stammt aus.

[10] ‘Now — puddings’. This elliptic clause must be completed in German. Say ‘which is now so largely (much) used in pies (Pasteten) and puddings’.

[11] aus.

[12] ‘some’, here irgend ein.

[13] Erdartischocke, f.

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