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History of Garden Vegetables. - 903 
HISTORY OF GARDEN VEGETABLES. 
BY E. LEWIS STURTEVANT, A.M., M.D." 
a (Continued from page 833.) 
Costmary. Balsamita vulgaris Willd.’ 
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ps plant, says Bryant,? was formerly cultivated in gardens 
= ^ for the purpose of mixing with salads, and it is a pity it-is 
_ Mot continued, aš from its sensible qualities it seems superior to 
_ ‘Many aromatic plants now in credit. In England, then, it had 
: Sone out of culture in 1 783. In France, however, its leaves are 
quite frequently used as a condiment.3 It is a plant of very 
Seve importance even in France. It occurs also in the gardens 
of Constantinople. In the United States it is recorded by Burrs 
in 1863, who mentions one variety. The name alecost came from 
former use in flavoring ales and beers. 
Alecost, or Costmary, 
Jardins, grand baume, j 
is called, in France, baume-cog, cog des 
erbe au cog, herbe de Sainte-Marie, menthe- 
the & bouquets, menthe grecque, menthe Notre-Dame ; in 
ark, balsam ;3 in Germany, die frauenmunze; in Dutch, 
tuinbalsam , in Italy, costo-ortense s in Spain, hetrva de Santa; 
ite balsamita; in Sweden, svensk salvia ;6 in Arabic, 
» Melsaneh ;7 by the Greeks at Constantinople, 4osta.4 
| the Mentha hortensis corymbifera of Bauhin’s “ Pinax,” 226. 
Cress. Lepidium sativum L. 
Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva. 
5. 3 Vilmorin, Les Pl. Pot. 
Gard., ii. 237. 7 Delile, Fl. Ægypt, illust. 
Pl. Cult., 69. 9 Cicero, Tusc., 5, 34. 7 
34- : 
5 Burr., Field and Gard. Veg., 416. — 
