ABSTRACT
I N older days the harvest of the hedges was valued; nowadays the elderberries, the sloes, the hips and haws, the brambles are wasted,
and so are dandelions and daisies: but the elderberry wine and sloe gin that were in every good housewife's stillroom only a little while ago, have virtues that should not be forgotten-moreover they are very easily made, so are currant or rhubarb wines, and wines made from other fruits or herbs or flowers. Anything vegetable will ferment; Nature has not passed a nineteenth amendment to her constitution. Nowadays, when excellent French wine is to be had for two shillings a bottle, it is a pity that the northern nations do not emulate the southern races and drink more wine. The light wines of France or Spain are more wholesome than spirits or than the strangely concocted cocktails with weird names that come from America.
