832 History of Garden Vegetables. ay 
and in the region of the Caucasus.’ It seems quite a variable 
plant in nature, but as long ago as 1623 Bauhin? records is 
variability in size, and occurring with narrow, broad, and entit 
leaves. It is described by Lobel? in 1576, and by Dalechamp' 
in 1587, as also by Camerarius’ in 1588, but as occurring it 
_ fields, and without mention of culture, although its value as | 
salad is recognized. In 1597, Gerarde® says it has grown in Us 
among the French and Dutch strangers in England, and “hat | 
beene sowen in gardens as a sallad herbe.” He figures two 
varieties. J. Bauhin? describes two sorts, and gives Taber 
montanus as a witness that it was found in gardens as well asit- 
fields and vineyards. Ray, in 1686, quotes J. Bauhin only, at 
Chabræus, in 1677, describes it as grown in gardens asa i 
herb. Worlidge® in 1683, Meager* in 1683, Quintyne” in 169) 
and 1704, Townsend” in 1 726, Stevenson ** in 1765, Mawel 1t- 
1778, Bryant* in 1783,—all refer to its culture in England. a 
France, according to Heuze,’? it is spoken of as cultivated by 
Olivier de Serres, and is referred to as if a well-known cultivate 
salad in “Le Jardinier Solitaire,” 1612. It was in in 
gardens previous to 1806." i 
Vilmorin” describes four varieties, which are tolerably a 
tinct. All these have blunt leaves. The variety quite freq" fi 
distributed for American gardens is that which is figured by | 
herbalists as having pointed leaves, as, for instance;— 
Lhu minimum alterum. Lob., 1576, 412; Lugd, 1587, et 
Polypremnum., Lugd., 1587, 554; : 
Lactuca agnina. Ger., 1597, 242; etc. 
The round-leaved form, such as the mache ronde of Vil 
has its type figured by Dodonæus in his “ Pemptades, 
_ under the name of album olus. a 
. xis. 
* De Candolle, Orig. Des Pl. Cult., 37. Bauhin, Pin., 1623, 165, mee 
> Lobel, Obs., 1576, 413; fig., p. 412. 4 Hist. Gen. Lugd., 1587,55% 
5 Camerarius, Hort., 1588, 175. 6 Gerarde, Herbal, 1597) 243: 
7j: Bauhin, Hist., 1651, iii. 324. 8 Ray, Hist., 1686, 392: 6 á 
9 Chabræus, 1677, 437. 10 Worlidge, Syst.-Hort., 1653, ee 
= Meager, Eng. Gard., 1683 (2), 61. 
mort, f 
» 1616, 
~ Quintyne, Comm. Gard., 1693, 144; 1704, 205. 
= send, man, 1726, 16. 14 Stevenson, 1765, 34 a 
35 Mawe, Gard., 1778, %6 Bryant, Fl. Diet., 1783 190 
Sa Les Pl, Alim., i. v, 28 McMahon, Am. Gard. i 
e Veg. Gard., 1885, 202. 
