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■berofom. Alfo our countryman M r Parkinfin hath exaftly deliuerec 

 : of Battatas de Caftadafingliihing it Potatoes of Canada : now al t 



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p e ni,BrafiII,ana ^aiwud = uuu tm,o „m, .u«ui iiia<.criau,ieeing ic now growes io well and plenti- 

 ful in fomany places of England. I will therefore deliuer you the hiftorie as I haue receiued it 

 from my oft mentioned friend M r Giodyer,vibo y as you may fee by the date,tooke it prefentlv VDOri 



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flesfdis Pyramidalis. 



Icrufalem Artichoke. 





% The Defcripion. 



r os foils Pyramidal*, far no pre, tuber of a r+ 

 dice Htliotropum lndicum qmrnndam. 



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His wonderfull encreafing plant hath 

 growing vp from one root,one,fom times 

 two, three, ormore round greene rough 

 hairy ftraked ftalks, commonly about twelue 

 foot higbjfomtimes fixteene foot or higher,as 

 big as a childes arme, full of white fpongeous 

 pith within. The leaues grow all alongft the 

 ftalkes out of order, of a light greene colour, 

 rough, lharpe pointed, about 8 inches broad, 

 and tenoreleuen inches Jong.deeply notched 

 Or indented about the edges , very like the 

 leaues of the common Flos fills fermmm, but 

 nothing crumpled,and not fobroad:the ftalks 

 diuide themfclues into many long branches 

 euen from the roots to their very tops,bearing 

 leaues fmaller and fmaller toward the tops, 

 making the herbe appear like a little tree,nar- 

 rowerand flenderer toward the top, in fafljioq 

 of a fteeple or pyramide. The floiires with vs 

 grow onely at the tops of the ftalks and bran- 

 ches , like thofe of the faid Flos fills , but no 

 bigger than our common fingle Marigold, 

 confiding of twelue or thirteen ftraked ftiarpe 

 pointed bright yellow bordering leaues,grow- 

 ing forth of a fcaly fmall hairy head , with d 

 fmall yellow thrummy matter within. Thefc 

 floures by reafon of their late flouring which 

 is commonly two or three weekes after Mi- 

 chaelmaffe,neuer bring their feed to perfecti- 

 on janditmaketh fhewof abundance of fmal 



kronen an^fl^,,.. -.u u ,• , - . ches,forth of thebofomsof the Icaues.which 

 «*» SS . ^r? V l' b ? fe3f< ? n the y ire deftr °y cd * ith ** to***, wb ich othervvife it fee- 

 is fc S. IS 7 n y S e ? aC L e - 7 he ftaIke fefids forth raa "y fmall creeping roots^whereby ft 

 ^ongSS^ hf^ £hredS CUe r n ^ th£ V PP £r P«of thcearthffpSiding ft, abroad' 



Pecke. 



prod 



root 



?*«bfeas?mVA?fi2 o ^"l^ft^ewithi^bunched or bumped out many waies forne- 



?*<*" yeare The L£ k ° C f 5 ^ whh white nofesor F eakcs whcre *ey vvil ^S°™ 

 fcrth fmtll SI 1\ "5 b ° Wed do r e ' and forae P«*F ^em couered ouer with earth K 

 ^«»ce SK^l roots ' and M° tuberous roots like the former,which I *3e5E 



foots b 



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Utterly rot and perilh away . and will begin to fpring 



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