FENNEL

(Foeniculum), plant with yellow aromatic flowers; used in sauces as carminative and condiment; a genus (‘Sidney McCall’), American author; b. Mobile, Ala. She was educated at Irving Academy, Mobile, and later traveled_ extensively in Europe and Japan. In the latter country she resided for eight years and became deeply interested in Japanese life. Her publications include The Dragon Painter, under the pseudonym of ‘Sidney McCall’, 1906: Truth Dexter, 1906; Red Horse Hill, 1909; Sunshine Beggars, 1918; and Christopher “aird, 1919.