Xll ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF OFR GARDEN VEGETABLES. 



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20. Swiss CHARD OR SPINACH BEET (BURPEE) 46 



21. WILD AND BULBOUS LEEKS OF MALTA, WITH CULTIVATED FORM FOR 



COMPARISON 49 



22. VEGETABLE MARROW, FROM GERARD'S " HERBAL " (MISCALLED 



CUCUMBER), 1597 53 



23. WILD CHICORY. (One-eighth natural size) ...... 56 



24. WILD ENDIVE (FROM A CORNFIELD IN RHODA ISLAND, IN THE NILE, 



CAIRO) . . . . . . ' . . . .'.-'''. .57 



25. COMMON CUCUMBER, FROM GERARD'S " HERBAL," 1597 . . . .58 



