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Show Ofthe Hiftorie ofPlans.=Lina, ee! round flenderfoot-ftalkes, whereon do grow.very faire 8 pleafaneflon es Hidde OPOne ae leafé,whichis foldddor plaited;infuch range forgehat ic feeraeth.to bog fagte aa «oFfi cee dry fall leaues,wbichicannoteafily be perceiued.except the. fame be. pulled Aiden “TE ig ire q TheDefeription, of His Plant (whichis called of fome Sifarum Pernvianum,or Skyrrets of Peru)is generally the vpon ling branchestrai flexible rough long hath It Potatoes. or Potatus, T ys called like vnto thofe groundlike vnto Pompions ; whereupon ate fet greenethree cornered leaues,very any thing ofthe ofthe wilde Cucumber. There is not any that hauewritten of this planthaue faid haue further knowledge floures: therefore I refer theit defcription vntothofe that fhall hereafter ntothefirft approch ofthe fame. Yet haue {had inmygarden divers roots that haue flourifhedv forth any of Winter, and haue growne vnto a great length ofbranches, but they broughtnot flouring,or timeof their betore rith themtope caufed Winter the becaufe whether , floures atall and knobthicke, many, are roots The ine. erta Iamnotc floures, barrenof that they be of nature the top in. A {phodill,ioyned together at bie, like vnto the roots of Peionies, or rather of the white diuers parts and planted,do make to one head, in maner of the Skyrrit , which being divided into goblets,and planted in god and a great increa fe, efpecially if the gteateft roots be cut into diuers fertile ground. Of thé Hiftory of Plants. floureis of a lightpurple colour, ftriped.downe the middle of every fold or welt we 4 liohe aoe ofyellowneflé,as if purple and yellow were mixed toether. in the middle of the flour a ae forth athicke far pointall yellow as gold, witha {mall fhatpe greene pricke or bain spate deft thereof. The fruit fcesedeth the.,floures, round as a ball, of the bigneffé a Lise ee orwilde plum, greene.at thefirft,and blacke when it is ripe whereinis COnetELD cll jeiete leffer than thofe of Muftard. Theroot is thicke, fat, and tuberous not much diff aa ais fhape, colour, or tafte from the commonPotatoes, fauing that the roots hereof are 3 = oe notlang ; fome ofthemare as roundas a ball,(omeouall or egge-fathion; fome foniseran ic oe thorter: the which knobby rootsare fafteped: vnto the ffalkes with an infinite numbe a ie of threddi¢e ber ed piace ° % firings, EULY i PASI 3% BattataVirginiana,fine Virginianorum,c Pappus, Virginian Potatoes. g The Place. ; ofwhich I planted diuers The Potatoes growin India,Barbarie,Spaine,and other hot regions flourifhedvatil Win. they re garden,whe my in London) in Exchange the at roots (that I bought rotted. and ter,atwhichtime theyperifhed @ The Time. great frofts the leautes toges It flourifhethvnto the end of September : at the firft approch of ther with the roots andftalkes do perith. : @ The Names. : in Englith, Potatoes,Potatits,and Po: es andIgnam Amotes, Camotes, Battata, it calleth Clufius tades. @ The Temperature. by the tafte, The roots are The leaues ofPotatoes are hot and dry, as may euidently appeare ofa temperate qualitic. ‘ @‘The Vertues. . nd manyother nations¢ommon The Potato roots ate among the Spaniards, Italians, Indians,ang parts, and do ftrengthen an of mighty and nourifhi and ordinarie meate which no doubt are a meane betweene flefh andfruit,but fomtvhat Willwere it as is nutriment whofe , comfort nature die; but being tofted in the embers they lofe muchoftheir windinefle,efpecially being eaten top: f the a , ped inwine. B Ofthefe roots may be made conferuesno leffe toothfome, wholefome, and dainty than © : Pre fleth of Quinces : and likewife thofe comfortable and delicate meatscalled in fhops Morfili, Su. centule, and diuers other fuchlike. Confedtionet $ exte Thefe Roots mayferue asa ground orfoundation whereonthe cunningand reftoratine iw Conferues, gar-Baker may worke and frame many comfortable delicate D ‘ meates. and fop be fo rofted infufe of = Theyare vfed to be eaten rofted in theathes. Somewhen they them in Wine ; and others to giue themthe greater grace in eating, doe boyle them wit : wy ee firlt rofted ) with Oyle, a and foeatethem. And likewife others dreffethem (being Notwithf tanding hele seit falt, cuerie man according to his owne tafte and liking. dreffed, they comfort,nourifh, and ftrengthen the body, procuring bodily luft, ane § greedineffe, ak , ' @ The Place. : ; Itgroweth which fince . Clufius reportsC ed, as difcouer firft was time] h side poees in ee wheteit Deis a roots ereof from Virginia, otherwife called Norembega, which grow and Ptofper y garden as in their owtie natiue countrey. Theleanee Cuar, 350. Of Potatoes ofVirginia. gy The Deféription, e fut ground, rhre Irginia Potato hath menyroigs flexible branches trailing vpon the w rreatets © vneuen,knotted or kneed in fundry places at certaine diftances : from the meth forth one great leafe made ofdiuers leaves, fome {maller,and others e ” the whole gcthervponafat middle rib by couples,of a fwart greene colour tending oie graflepe leafe refembling thofe of the Winter-Creffes, but muchlarger ; i tafte ar the fir cE forth 10% "ound afterward fharpe and nipping the tongue, From the bofome of which leaues come _ The Time, he fries at forth ofthe ground in the beginning ofMay:thefloures bud forth in Auguft. pein September. betelttaeeee TheTidians do TOes are sc a : qT The Names: “i : arial oe. Ogata Bi; d proportion te th: pleafanctafte but alfo the + Secaufe it hathnotonel of Potatoes, thape:and y the fanie Wettiesofthe t Chui ite me,we may callit in Englifh, Potatoes of America or Virginia. : i quettions whether it benot the Arachidiaof Theophraftus, Bauhine hath referred it.to 1dis Prod Duthades, andicalleth it Solanum tuberofumEfculentum, and largely Sgures and defcribes it romus, pag. 89. q The |