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XLIX. The caraway is also an exotic, and bears a Caraway. 

 name derived from the country " it belongs to ; it is 

 chiefly for the kitchen. It will grow in any country 

 if cultivated in the same way as black-herb, though 

 the kind most highly spoken of grows in Caria, and 

 the next best in Phrygia. 



L. Lovage grows wild in the mountains of its native Lovage. 

 Liguria, but is cultivated everywhere ; the cultivated 

 kind is sweeter but lacks strength. Some people 

 call it panax, but the Greek writer Crateuas gives 

 that name to co^w-cunila, though all others call that 

 conyza}> which is really cunilago, while i*eal cunila they 

 call ihymhra. With us cunila has another name also, Savory. 

 being called satureia and classed as a spice. It is 

 sown in February ; and it is a rival of wild marjoram, Marjoram. 

 the two never being used as ingredients together, 

 because they impart a similar flavour ; but only the 

 Egyptian wild marjoram is reckoned superior to 

 cunila. 



LI. Pepperwort also was originally an exotic. It Pepperteort. 

 is sown after the spring west wind starts, and then, 

 when it has begun to shoot, it is cut down close to 

 the ground and afterwards hoed and manured. 

 Subsequently the plant thus treated is serviceable 

 for two years with the same shoots, provided it is 

 not attacked by a severe winter, as it is very incap- 

 able of bearing cold. It grows to a height of as 

 much as eighteen inches ; it has the leaves of the 

 bay-tree, but softer. It is always used mixed ^vith 

 milk. 



LII. Git <= is grown for use in bakeries, anise and othfr kitchen 

 dill for the kitchen and for doctors ; sacopenium, medicinai 

 employed for adulterating laserwort, is also grown ^*"- 

 as a garden plant, but only for medicinal purposes. 



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