The microscopy of vegetable foods, with special reference to the detection of adulteration and the diagnosis of mixtures (1916)
Winton, Andrew Lincoln, 1864-1946, Moeller, Josef, 1848-1924, Winton, Kate Grace Barber, Mrs · New York, John Wiley & sons, inc.; [etc., etc.] · leaf 654
wice a year, in June and December. The buds arc either pickedby hand or beaten from the tree with reeds and collected on cloths beneath.They are usually dried in the sun, during which process the color changesto brown. Dried cloves (Fig. 559) have a rounded or somewhat flattened, wrinkled,adherent… … FlG. 560. Cloves. Cross section through calyx tube. X25. (Moellet?.) ous ovules. The four petals alternate with the sepals, and overlap toform a globular head, within which are numerous curved stamens abouta single style. Cloves contain 15-25 per cent of essential oil, which exudes in minutedrops…
