30 The American Naturalist. [January, 
THE HISTORY OF GARDEN VEGETABLES. 
BY E. L. STURTEVANT. 
(Continued from p. 677, Vol. XXIII., 1889.) 
NASTURTIUM. TZropeolum sp. 
H is rather as ornamental flower-garden plants that the nastur- 
tiums are now so universally grown. Yet they are also classed 
among kitchen-garden esculents, the flower-buds and the seeds 
serving, when pickled, as a caper substitute, and the flowers used 
for garnishing. In 1683 Worlidge,' in England, says, “from a 
Flower are now become an acceptable Sallad, as well as the 
blossom.” In 1690 Quintyne? grew them in the royal kitchen- 
gardens of France. Both species were received in Europe in the 
16th century, as will be seen from the appended synonymies. 
Both are found wild in Peru. 
Tropeolum minus L. 
This species seems to have been first known in Europe about 
1574, described by Monardes ;* it is figured by Lobel * in 1576, 
and is generally spoken of about this period as a new and rare 
plant. It was in the vegetable-garden in England, in 1726, 
probably before, and is mentioned in American gardens in 1806.° 
The synonymy appears as below: 
Nasturtu Indici genuina effigies. Lob. Obs., 1576, 338, cum ic. 
Nasturtium peregrinum, myconii. Lugd., 1587, 656, cum ic. 
Flos sanguineus. Lugd., 1587, 1918. 
Nasturtium Indicum. Lob. ic, 1591, 616; Dod., 1616, 397, 
cum ic. 
Mastuorzo. Cast. Dur., 1617, 277, cum ic. 
Pelon mexixquiletl, seu nasturtio Peruino. Hern., 1651, 161, 
cum ic. 
Cardamindum minus et vulgare. Feuille, Peru, 1725, IIL, t. 8. 
1Syst. Hort. By J. W. Gent., 1683, 216. ‘Lobel. Obs., 1576, 338. 
2 Quintyne. Comp. Gard., 1693, 189. 5 Townsend. Seedsman, 1726, 40. 
3 Hort. Eyst., 1713, ord. 13, fol. 1. 6 McMahon. Am, Gard, Cal., 1806. 
