LOVAGE

or Garden Lovage, or Italian Lovage, an aromatic plant now grown chiefly for its seeds, which are used in candy-making. The young blanched stalks and stem-bottoms were formerly of wide consumption as a salad vegetable of the same type as celery and are still popular for that purpose in some parts of southern Europe. The plant is easily grown either from seed or by root division, and a bed will continue to produce for a number of years. The Encyclopedia of Food — M **M**