
1890.] History of Garden Vegetables. 157 
_ Fig. 8. Piso, de Ind., 1658, 225. 
Piperis capsici varietas, siliqua parva, etc. Chabr., 1677, 297. 
Capsicum baccatum L. Fing,, t. IV. 
Small Red Cayenne. Briggs’ Seed Cat., 1874. 
I do not desire it to be understood that the classification used 
here is other than for convenience.» It has no claims for scientific 
accuracy, as it is only based upon such garden varieties as are 
known to me, and not upon a complete study of the species of 
this genus. It will however suffice to show that no type of our 
modern varieties can be considered of recent origin, but that they 
are probably all derivatives from the ancient American culture. 
The pepper or capsicum is called in France piment, carive, corail 
des jardins, courats, poivre de Calicut, poivre d'Espagne, poivre de 
Guinee, poivre de Portugal, poivre d'Inde, poivre du Bresil, 
poivron ; in Germany, pfeffer ; in Flanders and Holland, spaansche 
peper ; in Italy, peperone ; in Spain, pimiento; in Portugal, pimen- 
to, pimentas Ÿ 
8% Vilmorin. Les. Pl. Pot., 408, 
