HISTORY OF PLANTS. 8G} 
1560 it was imported into Spain, and by Nicot, a 
French ambassador, into France in 1564. 
Cabbage, and .other oleraceous vegetables, came 
with the Greeks to Rome, whence they were distri- 
buted over Italy and the rest of Europe. To de- 
scribe the migrations of all our cultivated plants, 
would cost us too much time; .to have mentioned 
the most remarkable ones, I suppose, will be suf- 
ficient. 
Along with the different species of corn, wheat, 
and ihe, like, various plants were imported, which 
are now considered as indigenous. Such are, Cen- 
faurea Cyanus ; Agrostemma Githago; Raphanus Ra- 
phanistrum; Myagrum sativum, and others. These 
grow among corn only, and never in uncultivated 
spots. In the same manner in Italy many Kast In- 
dia plants, which grow among rice only, have’ be- 
come natives there, by the cultivation of rice. This 
plant has been cultivated in Italy since the year 
1696; | : | 
The Europeans have, wherever they settled in 
foreign parts of the globe, planted our culinary ve- 
getables. ‘Thus many European plants have got to 
Asia, Africa and America, and have been propagated 
there if the climate was suitable. 
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Nature always takes care to use one plant for the 
benefit of another, and in various ways favours the 
dissemination anc propagation of plants. Tn cold 
regions, algae and mosses serve this important pur- 
pose; but in warm countries, rain, winds, and si- 
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