“RADDIKY OR RAURIKI?”

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 35, 5 November 1928, Page 13

“RADDIKY OR RAURIKI?”

gir,—Yoiir correspondent's letter in reference to the above interested me because last Sunday I was asked for something “for the animals at the Zoo” and said “Get some raddocky ” .The inquirer did not know what rauhki was, so we went into the garden and gathered some. I usually call it sow thistle, and perhaps' your correspondent knows the plant under that name. Ido not know the botanical name. .. All animals, seem to -like it, nnd I have been told if ted ■to horses it improves the coat, makin„ it bright, and glossy. It is equal to spinach when cooked, and the Maoris use it for food, and it grows luxuriantly on newly-burnt land, where I have seen them gathering it. The tender leaves can be used in salads. I have also been told that the milky sap or juice is. a very healing remedy for troublesome sores or wounds, but 1 have hot used it myself.—l am, etc., “INTERESTED.” Wellington.