Part XII
32 named mix-ups — tea leaves, white umbels, autumn cups, and two plants that share a common name. A comparison is not a forage license.
Foxglove for comfrey in a kettle is the worst garden story in this folio. Poison hemlock for parsley is the worst roadside one. If a plant is not in flower and you cannot name it, it is not tea, salad, or a wild carrot.
Pairs involving Lily of the valley.
Lily of the valley for wild garlic
Two-leaved shade plants in spring. One is soup. The other is a cardiac glycoside that looks like a lily and smells of nothing useful.
True garlic and ramps smell of onion the moment you bruise a leaf. Lily of the valley does not. Its bells hang one-sided on a scape. If it does not smell of allium, it is not an allium.
