1890.] History of Garden Vegetables. 327 
RAMPION. Campanula en L, 
The roots and leaves of Rampion are eaten in sida It is 
recorded as in gardens by Pena and Lobel ® in 1570, and is fig- 
ured by Tragus” in 1552, Lobel” in 1576, as well as by other 
writers of this period as an improved root. In 1726 Townsend ” 
says it is but in few gardens in England, and Bryant™ in 1783 
says it is much cultivated in France, but in England is now little 
regarded. It is recorded in American gardens in 1806, 1819, 
1821, etc. As late as 1877 an English writer says rampion is a 
desirable addition to winter salads.“ 
Rampion is called in France, raiponce,tbaton de Jacob, cheveux 
d eveque, petite raiponce de careme, pied-de-sauterelle, rampon, rave 
sauvage; in Germany, rapunzel; in Flanders and Holland, 
rapunsel; in Italy, raperonzolo, by oneal in Span reponche, 
raponchigo ; in Portugal, rapunculo. 
RED CABBAGE. Brassica oleracea (capitata) rubra L. 
The first certain mention I find of this cabbage is in 1570, in 
Pena & Lobel’s Adversaria, and figures are given by Gerarde, 
1597,” Matthiolus, 1598, 106 /Dodonaeus, 1616,” and J. Bauhin, 
1651. These figures are all of the spherical headed type. In 
1636, Ray notices the variability in the colors upon which a 
number of our seedsmen’s varieties are founded. The oblong or 
the pointed headed types which now occur, I cannot trace. 
% Tragus. De Stirp., 1552, 725. 
% Pena and Lobel. Adv., 1570, 130. 
9 Lobel. Obs., 1576, 178. 
10 Townsend, 1726, 23. 
101 Bryant. FI. Diet, 1783, 27. 
102 E, Hobday. Cottage Gard., 1877, 113. 
1% Matthiolus. Ed. of 1598, 367. 
107 Dodonzeus Pemgt., 1616, p. 621. - 
108 J, Bauhin. Hist., 1651, II., 831. 
109 Ray. Hist. 1686, 795. 
