bee’, 
56 History of Garden Vegetables. [Jan. 
Peru. It has been introduced into many regions. Loureiro" 
records it in Cochinchina, Bojer,’ as cultivated in the Mauritius 
and in all the tropical countries, and it also occurs in the descrip- 
tions of garden vegetables in France and America. It was culti- 
vated by Miller in England in 1739,3 but was described by Park- 
inson in 1640. It had not reached the kitchen garden in 1807, 
but had before 1863. 
Its synonymy seems as below given : 
‘Camaru. Marcg., 1648, 12; Piso, 1658, 223. 
Halicacabum sive Alkakengi Virginense. Ray, 1686, 681. 
~ Alkekengi Virginianum, fructu luteo. Tourn., 1719, 151. 
Alkekengi Virginianum, fructu luteo, vulgo Capuli. Feuille, 
1725, ili. 5. 
Alkekengt Barbadense nanum, Alliaria Jolio, Dill. Elth., p. 10, 
E 9, £ 9; 1774 
Physalis pubescens. Lin., Sp., 1762, 262. 
7. Physalis virginiana Mill. 
This species has also been grown from the seedsmen’s “ Straw- 
berry Tomato.” It is low spreading. Its habitat is given by 
Gray as Upper Canada to Florida and Texas. 
The number of species which are included in the common 
name Strawberry Tomato is indicative of the wide source of 
seed-supply tributary to our seed-houses, as well as to the little 
importance of the plant for the vegetable garden. It is quite 
evident that in nature many of these species are quite variable, 
furnishing numerous botanical varieties. Whether any varieties 
have originated under culture it is scarcely worth the while to 
consider, as the common nomenclature is so obscuring, and as 
there is no indication of the plants receiving enough considera- 
` tion to justify us in supposing attempts for improving through 
seietan or careful cultivation. 
AmeRrICAaAN Cress. Barbarea precox R. Br. 
The vernacular name is a misnomer, as this species, although 
introduced into Anor is not native, but an inhabitant of the 
ere Fl. Cochinch., 1790, 133... ? Bojer, Hort. Maurit., 1837, 237. 
3 Miller’s Dict. 1807.. 
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