702 The American Naturahst. [August, 
for seasoning in England. In Iceland it is used to give an 
agreeable flavor to sour milk.” 
Wild thyme or mother of thyme is called also in Britain, pell- 
a-mountain ; in France, serpolet; in Germany, guendel ; in Italy, 
sermollino, selvatico, serpillo; in Yemen, saater.” 
Thymus citriodorus Pers. 
This plant is considered by many botanists as but a variety of 
the preceding. It was described by Bauhin in 1623, and was in 
American gardens in 1806. The odor of the leaves is quite 
agreeable, and it is thought to be a desirable seasoning for veal. 
Lemon thyme is the thyme citronne of the French. 
TOMATO. Lycopersicum sp. 
The earliest mention I find of tomatoes is by Matthiolus ™ in 
1554, who calls them pomi d'oro, and says they have but recently 
appeared [in Italy]. In 1570, Pena and Lobel” give the name 
gold apple in the German, Belgian, French, and English languages, 
which indicates their presence in those countries at this date. In 
1578 Lyte” says in England they are only grown in the gardens 
of “ Herboristes.” Camerarius in his Epitome, 1586,” gives the 
French name of pommes d'amours, which corresponds to Lyte’s 
amorous apples; and in his Hortus Medicus, 1588,” gives the 
names as pomum Indum, and the foreign name of tumatle ex 
Peruviana ; but Guilandinus of Padua in 1572 had the name 
tumatle americanorum, and Anguillara in 1561 names them poma 
Peruviana.”” In Hernandez’s history of Nova Hispania, 1651, he 
has a chapter on the fomatl, which includes our tomatoes and 
alkekengis, and in 1658 the Portugese of Java used the word 
® Burgsman. - Gard. Chron., Dec. 25th, 1886, 810. 
13 Pickering. Ch. Hist., 272. 
™ Matthiolus. Com., 1558, 479; 1570, 684. 
15 Pena and Lobel. Adv., 1570, 108; 1576, 108. 
76 Lyte’s Dodoens, 1578, 508. 
77 Camerarius Epit., 1586, 821. 
78 Camerarius. Hort., 1588, 130. 
19 Gray. Am. Jour. of Sc., Aug., 1883, 128. 
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