This section is from "The Domestic Encyclopaedia Vol4", by A. F. M. Willich. Amazon: The Domestic Encyclopaedia.
Rock Samphire, Crilhmum Maritimum, L. a perennial plant, growing on the British Sea-coasts; among gravel and rocks, where it flowers in the month of August. - This vegetable is much relished as a pickle, and likewise employed as a pot-herb. - Dr. Withering in-forms us, that sheep and cows eat it with avidity, and have, in consequence, been observed to grow exceedingly fat.
 
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