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vs called Potatus or Porato’s. It hath long rough ﬂexible branches trailing vpon glggifg

like vnto thofe of Pompions, whereupon are fer greene thre6_ homered leauesycry 1 hing O of the wild e Cucumber. There is not any that haue written of this plant, haue {aid 3113/ ,‘ know the ﬂoures5 therefore I refer their defcription vntothofe that {hall hereafter _haue filtthilim It ledge of the fame. _ Yet liaue I had in my garden diuers roots that haue flourilhed vntlgt forth no approch of\/Vinrer, and haue growne vnto a great length of branches, but they br0“8ﬂ ring, 0, ﬂoures at all 5 whether becau fe the Winter caufed them to perilh before their time Of Sinobby, that they be of nature barren of ﬂoures, I am not certain. The roots are many,thicl<€a3“ mo om, like vnro the roots of Peonies,or rather of the white _Afphodill,joined together at th¢§0li(c a great head, in maner of the Skyrret,which being diuided into diuers parts and plante_d,d° m3 ‘d. {wile increafe, efpecially if the greateft roots be cut into diuers goblets, and planted in g0Od 3“

ground.

\ _ . L . I f Tﬂis Plant (which is called of fome,Szﬁmm Pem'vmmzm,ot Skyrrets of Peru) is genﬁfaul’ °

The Place.

The P0tat'o’s grow in lndia,Barbarie,Spaine, arid_other hot regions ; of which I_pl8ﬂ roots (which I bought at the Exchange in London) in my garden,Whct€ they ﬂourilhed tcl',at which time they perilhed and rotted.

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It ﬂourifheth to the end of ‘September : at the ﬁrﬂ approch of great froﬂs the lea

with the roots and Pralks do perilh.

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q] T he N amex. _ d Po. Cluﬁm calleth it Bmte, Camotes, I/4 mom‘, and Igname: 2 in Englifh, Potatoes, Potatusaa“ tades. ‘ ’ I The Nature.‘ 6 of 3 The leaues of Potato’s are hot and dry, as may euidently appeare by the taﬂe :. the roots Bf ‘ tempera: qualitie. V qr The Vertues. . ding,-fe The Potato roots are among the Spaniard s,Iralian s,Indians, and many other IlatlOU5! Olsen and and common meat; which no doubt are of mighty and nourifhing parts, and doe ﬁrﬁnglbatwgn. comfort nature 3whol'e nutriment is as it were a mean between ﬁefh and fruit, but fqmew n (OP. die 5‘ yet being rolled in the embers‘/they lofe much of their wiridinelI'e,efpecially being 93”‘ ped in wine. l . _ D of the - Ofthefe roots may be made conferues no leffe toothfome, wholefome, and dainty» ‘ha 5,]; pl»- ﬂcfh or"Quinces 5 and likewife thofe comfortable and delicate meats called in lh0P5:M” ’ _ eenmlzgand diuers other fuch like. Sagan Thefe roots may ferue as a ground or foundation whereon the cunning Confcéiioncl’ °"»v’~a“t5, Baker may worlre and frame many comfortable delicat Conlerues and relioratiue fw6'°"mc them They are vfed to be eaten rofied in the alhes.Some when they be {'0 rolled infufe 80 f in wine ; and others to giue them the greater grace in eating,do boile them with"pruﬂ€5 3 them : likewife others drelfe them (being ﬁrﬁ rolied) with oile.viD'¢g€r.and l'alt,eueI'Y ma?) dmgyo his OWDC talie and liking. Notwithfianding howfoeuer they be dreffed, 1116,)’ C nouri{h,and {lrengthen the body,vehemently procuring bodily lttﬂ.

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Irginian Potato hath many hollow ﬂexible branches trailing vpon the ground: l1""“

vneuen,knotted or krieed-in fund ry places at certaine diﬂances : from the w

merh forth one great leafe made of diuers leaues , fome fmaller, _and others . gethervpon a fat middle rib by couples, Of a fwart greene colour tending to rednz leafe refembling thofe of the Wiﬂtef-Cfellhs, but much larger 5 in taﬂe at the fit me for: afterward {harp and nipping the r9_ngu<‘=- R9,“! the b°f,°m° .°f W1‘ h iemes C9-‘ pl 3

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r " ‘ _ ,, . 1 ‘ ry Egﬁicli 1S folded or plaited in fuch l'irange_l'ort,:that it feemes to be a ﬂoure made of ﬂue {mm

ls Ofa i I§*:l1¢s,wl1ich carrot ealily be perceiuethexcept the fame be pulled open.'l"he whole ﬂoure jowne egag pfurple colourftriped downe the middle of euery fold or welt with a light ﬂiew ofye1_ a thic e ha 1 purple and yellow were mixed together. In the middle of the ﬁgure thmffcth form The mic ft pointall yellow as golc!,with a fmall {harp green priclce or point in the midli thereof. H at théigcgds the ﬂo‘ures,rouud~as a ball,of the bignefi‘e_of a little Bullelle or wilde pflurnme,

r ,and blaclce when it is ripe,wherein is contained fmall white feed lelier than thofe Om th at : the root is thiclce,fat_,and tuberous,not much differing either in {hape,colour,or talie, as mun? grglmgnon Poraro’s,fauing that the roots hereof are not fo great not l0Hg,fOmC.Ofthem are? mo ya at F a all,fomeoua1 or egge-fapfhiont fome longer, and others {hotter 5 the whlch knobby

t affned vnto the {talks with an inﬁnite number of rhreddy ﬁrings.-

Beitam Vzlrginianeﬁzeeyfirgiezianamm, &' Pafpmg Virginian Potatoes.

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‘ it gm L The PZ.zte_\r g I tltnel Weth naturally in America,where it was firft difcouered,as reporteth Clteﬁees, {ince which lips: in ‘W3 Teceiued roots hereof from Virginia,otherwi-fe called Norembega,which grow 8c pro— Y garden as in their owne natiue country.

Clea I . «J T55 Time. I . the fruir isugs thrult forth of the ground in the beginning of May 3 the ﬂours bud forth in Auguﬂ‘. ' "P95 In September.

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he Ind . _ In The Names; . at V _ _ ‘°es ;. C “"13_Call this plant Pa_ppue,meaning the roots ;by which name alfo thecomnton P533” “life it ha ed "1 thofe Indian countries. Wee haue it’s proper name mentioned 10 the W716. Be- °f the fa ath not only the fhape and proportion of Potato's, but alfo the pleafant M966 and veg rues Clrnawe may call it in Engli{h,Potatoes of America or Virginia. _ ‘ I the Ni -:ﬁ“’ queﬁions whether it be not the Araehidna ofrheayzhraﬂur.» Bzw/mic nath referred it to‘ his hog’ ‘ 3des,and calls it Solemn» tuheroﬁmz efcrelmmm ;. and largely ﬁgures and deferibes it in

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der footl’talkes,whereon grow very faire and pleafant Houres,ni'ade of one entire whole .