912 History of Garden Vegetables. 
Dill, or. dyll, is called, in France, aneth, fenouil batard 
Sony, dill; in Flanders, dille ; in Denmark, dild; in} 
aneto ; in Spain, eneldo;* in Arabic, the plant chedet, the í 
chamar ;? in Egypt, sjoebet; in Yemen, schibt;3 in Bengal, 
suloopha, soolpha; in Ceylon, sattacooppa; in Hindustani, soni, 
soie, soya, shutapoospha ; + in India, shutapooshna ;5 in Sanscrit 
sitasiva, missreya, shaleya; in Tamil, saddacooppie ; in Tae 
suddapa, sompa-sopu.* 1 
EARTH-NUT. Lathyrus tuberosus L. 
A plant now included among vegetables for the garden by 
Vilmorin,® although he says it is scarcely ever cultivated, bit | 
the tubers are often collected from the wild plant in Frane 
_ Burr? likewise includes this species among American garia 
plants, but we know not upon what authority. In 1783, 
says this French weed was cultivated in Holland for its roots, d 
which were carried to market; and De Candolle and Sprengel 
say that in Siberia the tubers are much relished by the Tartars, i 
and also are used in Germany. It scarcely. caņ be considere 
seriously as a plant of culture. 4 
The earth-nut, tuberous-rooted pea, or eatable-rooted pa 
called, in” France, gesse tubereuse, anette, anotte de i 
chataigne de terre, chourles, favouette, gland de terre, pe 
cusson, mitrouillet, souris de terre ; in Germany, erdnuss ; : 
ders, aardnoot; in Holland, aardakker ; in Italy, shin 
forks by the Calmucks, sohnok ; 1° by the Tartars, tschina? 
* Vilmorin, Les Pl. Pot., 8. 2 Delile, Fl. Ægypt, illust. Pe 
3 Pickering, Ch. Hist., 323- 4 as Veg. Prod. of Bomb., 35 
6 Vilmorin, Les Pl. Pot, Poi ak 7 =a Field and Gard. Veg» OF 
8 Bryant, Fl. rage m 9 De Candolle & Sprengel, Phil. 
(To be continued.) 
