[1427]. Theoph. Hist. Plant. vii. 3. 5. Plin. Hist. Nat. xix. 24.
[1428]. Plin. xix. 23.
[1429]. Cf. Athen. iii. 5.
[1430]. Athen. iii. 2.
[1431]. The best melons at present known in Greece are those of Cephalonia, which lose their flavour if transplanted. Hobhouse, Trav. &c., i. 227. Cf. Chandler, i. p. 14.
[1432]. Schol. Aristoph. Acharn. 494.
[1433]. Theoph. Hist. Plant. ii. 7. 5.
[1434]. Schol. Aristoph. Pac. 966.
[1435]. Geop. xii. 18. 2. Plin. xix. 42. Dioscor. ii. 152. The physician, however, modestly professes his unbelief: ἔνιοι δὲ ἱστόρησαν, ὅτι ἐάν τις κριοῦ κέρατα συγκόψας κατορύξῃ, φύεται ἀσπάραγος · ἐμοὶ δὲ ἀπίθανον.
[1436]. The asparagus, however, has been found, in modern times, growing wild among the ruins of Epidauros. Chandler, ii. 249.