History of Gardéh Vegetables, oll 
— Danvetion, Taraxacum officinale Weber; T. dens leonis Desf. 
| The dandelion is a modern introduction to our gardens, and 
= àll the. varieties now grown can be recognized in a state of 
= mature; and yet, on account of its popularity, and hence the 
a forced conditions of its growth, the variations, to the careless 
_ observer, seem very great. The history of the improved dande- 
lion may be found in full in the American Naturatist of Jang 
lary, 1886, 
__ The beginnings of the culture of a plant must, however, be 
_ Wety gradual, single individuals often growing the species in 
_ gardens long before the plant receives general appreciation. 
_. Thus with the dandelion, although its culture cannot be fairly 
ee Sid to antedate 18 36, yet Stevenson, in his “ Garden Kalendar” 
l for 1765, in England, although not directly mentioning its cul- 
_ tire, yet implies culture by giving directions for the blanching. 
hh China, according to Bretschneider, the leaves are recorded 
being eaten as vegetable in the fourteenth century, and the 
w plant is classed among vegetables by Li-shi-chen, a writer of the 
4 TN century; but from the data given we cannot assume 
cultivation, 
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, Ditt. Anethum graveolens L. 
Mi aromatic plant has but little use in the garden. In 
a the seeds are used as a condiment, and for pickling with 
ú: bes In American gardens it is rather to be considered 
5 à medicina] herb. It is commonly regarded as the anethon 
Mn Scorides and the anethum of Pliny, Palladius, and others. 
Spol 
ame dill is found in writings of the middle ages, and it is 
"of as a garden plant in the early botanies. The variety 
nw 5 De C, is largely grown in India. In England it was 
‘that ll by Turner? in 1 538, which implies its presence at 
oe It also occurs in the vocabulary of Alfric, Archbishop 
Te 1606,4 and seems to occur spontaneous in the far 
Todi — roots are used as a food by the Snake and Shoshone l 
> Y whom it is called yampehs 
insider » Bot. Sin., 53, 59. 2 Turner, Libellus, 1538. a 
Fremont’, Ee 1879, 328. 4 McMahon, Am. Gard. Kal., 1806. 
ee pedition, 154; Dept. Ag. Rept., 1870, 405. 
