Section 56. OUR CULTIVATED[1] NATIVE[2] PLANTS.
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Most[3] of the fruits which grow on trees, such as our apples and pears, have[4] been greatly[5] improved and raised[6] above their natural state by grafting and other artificial means.
Of[7] cultivated native plants, the chief are celery[8], parsley, the cabbage, turnip, carrot, parsnips, and the hop. The onion is[9] a native of South France, the lettuce of Greece, the radish of China, and the rhubarb, now[10] so largely used in pies and puddings, of Russia. Cress comes from[11] Persia, spinach from some[12] part of Asia, and the Jerusalem artichoke[13] from Brazil.—Hewitt, Physical Geography of England and Wales.
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · veredelt.Note 2 · einheimisch.Note 3 · The clause ‘Most — trees’ may be briefly rendered by ‘Die meisten Baumfrüchte’.Note 4 · Here follows the adverbial clause ‘by grafting — means’.Note 5 · bedeutend.Note 6 · ‘raised — state’ may be elegantly rendered by the p. p. ‘cultivated’ (veredelt).Note 7 · Say ‘The principal cultivated native plants are’, etc.Note 8 · See S. 3, N. 2. I should recommend to repeat the art. before each of the following six nouns.Note 9 · is a native of, stammt aus.Note 10 · ‘Now — puddings’. This elliptic clause must be completed in German. Say ‘which is now so largely (much) used in pies (Pasteten) and puddingsNote 11 · [1] veredelt. [2] einheimisch. [3] The clause ‘Most — trees’ may be briefly rendered by ‘Die meisten Baumfrüchte’. [4] Here follows the adveNote 12 · ‘some’, here irgend ein.Note 13 · Erdartischocke, f.