[267] 15th of October.
[268] 1st of November.
[269] The Napo-brassica of Linnæus. The turnip cabbage, or rape-colewort.
[270] This taste, it is most probable, is nowhere in existence at the present day.
[271] This is not by any means an exaggeration.
[272] Acrimonia.
[273] These coloured varieties, Fée says, belong rather to the Brassica oleracea, than to the Brassica rapa. It is not improbable, from the structure of this passage, that Pliny means to say that the colours are artificially produced.
[274] In reality, belonging to the Crucifera, the rape is hermaphroditical.
[275] Wild horse-radish, which is divided into two varieties, the Raphanus raphanistrum of Linnæus, and the Cochlearia Armoracia, may possibly be meant, but their roots bear no resemblance to the radish.
[276] An enormous price, apparently.