Dilke
SIR CHARLES WENT- WORTH, an English publicist and critical and political writer; born in London, Sept. 4, 1843. A brilliant but checkered political career has been varied by liter- Sept. 4, 1843. A brilliant but checkered ary work: "Greater Britain" (1868), a record of travel in the English colonies; "Problems of Greater Britain" (1890), political and economic studies; and various essays on current topics, worthy in conception and charming in style. He ous essays on current topics, worthy in died in 1911.
DILL (Anethum graveolens), a genus of plants belonging to the order Umbelof plants belonging to the order Umbelfruits, which are imported from the middle or S. of Europe, are oval, flat, and about a line and a half in length, with a pale membranous margin. They are a pale-yellow aromatic oil. Dill-water is of children, and the fruit to flavor pickles. found chiefly in Australia, Asia, and the DILLON warm parts of America. They are nearly related to the Ranunculacez. The species are trees, shrubs, or under-shrubs. The Indian species are remarkable for their are trees, shrubs, or under-shrubs. The beauty, the grandeur of their foliage, and the magnificence of their flowers. They the species afford excellent timber. Lindhave astringent properties, and some of ley enumerated 26 genera, comprising 200 species.