viii CONTENTS. 



Chap. P*ge 



23. Vegetables of a cartilaginous nature— cucumbers. Pepones ,.. 156 



24. Gourds 1^8 



25. Rape. Turnips 161 



26. Radishes 162 



27. Parsnips 165 



28. The sliirret 166 



29. Elecampane 167 



30. Bulbs, squills, and arum 168 



31. The roots, flowers, and leaves of all these plants. Garden plants 



which lose their leaves 170 



32. Varieties of the onion 171 



33. Theleek 173 



34. Garlic ^ 174 



35. The number of days required for the respective plants to make 



their appearance above ground 177 



36. The nature of the various seeds 178 



37. Plants of which there is but a single kind. Plants of which there 



are several kinds 179 



38. The nature and varieties of twenty-three garden plants. The 



lettuce ; its different varieties 180 



39. Endive 182 



40. Beet: four varieties of it 183 



41. Cabbages; the several varieties of them 185 



42. Wild and cultivated asparagus 188 



43. Thistles 190 



44. Other plants that are sown in the garden : ocimum ; rocket ; 



and nasturtium 191 



4-5. Rue *. [[ ib^ 



46. Parsley 192 



47. Mint if,^ 



48. Olusatrum 193 



49. The caraway 194 



50. Lovage '". '* \\ ** n,^ 



ol. Dittander * 195 



52. Gith ;; ■■ ;; ;;• ;; ;-3 



53. The poppy \\ [[ '\ \\ '\ 195 



54. Other plants which require to be sown at the autumnal equinox 197 



55. Wild thyme ; sisymbrium a^ 



56. Four kinds of ferulaceous plants. Hemp .. .. .. .'. ,. 198 



57. The maladies of garden plants ' .'.* .. \\ \\ 199 



53. The proper remedies for these maladies*. How ants are best dV- 



<,. xTTu^'"^^? ^^^ ^""^^ remedies against caterpillars and flies . . 200 



5.?. \\ hat plants are benefitted bv salt water 201 



60. The proper method of watering gardens . . . . ib 



61. The juices and flavours of garden herbs .'. .. .'. " '.' 202 



62. Piperitis, libanotis, and smyrnium. . .. " ]] " " 203 



