Smithsonian Report. 1925. - Saftord 



Plate I 



John Gerard 



He is holding in his hand a flowciini; l)ianih of Solinuim liibrrosii in, which he caUi'd liattnia 

 sire Virgininnorum it Pappiit;. inx'ti'ndinfi to ha\r recoived from \'irgiiiia the tuber from 

 which it was i)rnpagati'd. He must be held tcsponsible for the transfer of the name Potato 

 from Jpomoea batatas to Solanuni tuberosum and for the confusion of the latter with the 

 Openauk of Virginia. Portrait reproduced from his Herbal. 1597 



