Excerpt from The American Journal of Pharmacy, 1889, Vol. 61 As a very pretty ornamental plant, the Bitter Root would prove quite an acquisition to our gardens. The roots of the above plant as received by me were free from bark, of a white color, and ready for use as food. N o evidence of sugar as glucose or saccharose could be obtained. Tests for tannin likewise gave negative results. The most important constituents are starch, gum and mucilage, the last two are not readily precipitated by alcohol. The following summary gives the amount of the most important food constituents. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.