26 CULTIVATED VEGETABLES. 



without an opinion of some success or ad- 

 vantage." 



Hughes, in his History of Barbadoes, gives 

 a receipt for destroying Guinea worms with 

 this root. 



It has also been proved by Rosentein and 

 Tissot, that garlic, Allium sativum, is capa- 

 ble of expelling worms, especially the tcenia. 



Pliny states, that garlic is a sovereign medi- 

 cine for many maladies ; especially such as 

 are incident to country peasants and la- 

 bourers. He recommends those who wish to 

 keep garlic and onions from sprouting, to dip 

 the heads of them in warm salt water. 



The strong offensive smell of this plant is 

 so powerful, that if it be given to fowls with 

 their food, their eggs will taste of the flavour. 

 The crow garlic, if eaten by the birds, stu- 

 pifies them so much, that they may be taken 

 by the hand. 



Menander states, that if you have taken 

 garlic, and wish to sweeten your breath, the 

 eating of baked beet-root will entirely take 

 off the offensive smell. 



Besides the common garlic, sativum, the 

 African garlic, gracile, is now cultivated by 

 our gardeners. This has been erroneously 

 termed Jamaica garlic, by most botanical 

 writers, from the circumstance of Hinton 



