[1115] The stalk, in fact, is more intensely bitter than the leaves.
[1116] “Erraticum.” Wild endive.
[1117] From which comes the French “chicorée,” and our “chicory,” or “succory.”
[1118] In B. xx. c. 29, and B. xxi. c. 52.
[1119] The usual times for sowing the lettuce are before winter and after February.
[1120] An excess of manure is injurious to the lettuce.
[1121] As already stated in a previous Note (p. 179), lettuces when cut down will not grow again, with the exception of a few worthless lateral branches.
[1122] From Theophrastus, Hist. Plant. B. vii. c. 4.
[1123] Not the Beta sicla of modern botany, Fée thinks. The black beet of the ancients would be one of the dark purple kinds.
[1124] It was only the leaf of beet, and not the root, that was eaten by the ancients. From Martial, B. xiii. Epig. 10, we learn that the leaves were preserved in a mixture of wine and pepper.