| Title: | Ocimum basilicum, sweet basil |
| Original Title: | Basilic |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 2 (1752), pp. 116–2:117 |
| Author: | Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville (biography) |
| Translator: | Ann-Marie Thornton [Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey] |
| Subject terms: |
Gardening
Natural history
Botany
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| Original Version (ARTFL): | Link |
| Source: | Russell, Terence M. and Anne Marie Thornton. Gardens and landscapes in the Encyclopédie of Diderot and D'Alembert : the letterpress articles and selected engravings. Aldershot: Ashgate, 1999. Used with permission. |
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| URL: | http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.771 |
| Citation (MLA): | Dezallier d'Argenville, Antoine-Joseph. "Ocimum basilicum, sweet basil." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Ann-Marie Thornton. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2013. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.771>. Trans. of "Basilic," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 2. Paris, 1752. |
| Citation (Chicago): | Dezallier d'Argenville, Antoine-Joseph. "Ocimum basilicum, sweet basil." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Ann-Marie Thornton. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.771 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Basilic," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 2:116–2:117 (Paris, 1752). |
Ocimum basilicum, sweet basil . There are four types of basil, of which three - great, lesser, and variegated basil - are domesticated and the fourth, of which there are two types, is wild. They all flower in summer and are raised from seed.
Basil may be watered in the mid day sun. It is grown under glass in May. When it is ready to be planted out, it is transported to flower beds on its root ball and potted. This does not apply to lesser basil, which is more delicate, and requires a lighter soil composed of two parts compost and one part well-sifted kitchen garden soil. [1] It is watered frequently and its heads are rounded with scissors. It is dried for use in fish soups or chopped and added to a variety of sauces.
Notes
1. Lesser basil, also known as bush or Greek basil, is a cultivar of common or sweet basil ( Ocimum basilicum ) called ‘Minimum’.