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ANGUIS niger, maculis rubris & luteis eleganter varus. 
The Bead-Snake. 
SO SEO HS? 
r 
ack, fe 
The upper part 
ody is adorned with large fpots of corps eff orné de grandes taches d’un rouge 
be OS iis SISA ig. 
them is nt oe deeper on the 
ee under the belly. 
a Broke red colour ; between which, at 
regular diftances, are yellow fpots. They 
live moftly pilae ground, and are feldom 
feen above ; but are frequently found and 
dug up with Potatoes, at the time thofe 
roots are taken out of the ground, which 
is in September and Oéfober. ‘They have 
nothing of a Viper, either in form or qua- 
lity, but are very inoffenfive. 
ae au Chapelet. 
» de la grandeur de la figure: 
quelques uns font moindres 3 
BS Jen ai vit de trots ou quatre 
eS SS fi plus grands, Le fond de 
De ee eft noir, plus foncé fur le dos, 
ee? plus pale we le ventre: le deffus du 
vif, entre lefquelles font placées a des diftances 
régulieres des taches jaunes : i vivent prefque 
toujours Sous terre, &s on les voit abi at 
deffus 5 mats Souvent on les bon en béchant 
les patates, lors qu’on retire ces racines de 
terre: ce qui fe fait en Septembre ou ex 
Octobre. L/s wont rien de la Vipere, foit 
dans leur forme, foit dans leurs qualités 5 car 
ils ne font aucunement dangereux. 
Convulous Radice tuberofo efculento, Hitt. Jam. Vol. I. p. 150. 
The Virginian PoTaTo. 
ae excellent root feems to merit the preference of all others ; 
only in regard to the wholefo ee ah delicacy of its 
deog? Bae for its more general ufe to mankind any other root ; 
if not the principal ubfitanc of the greater 
@ and in 
uick of 
art of 4 Afri: ce 5 an a Ieleev Se in great ule, n Americ 
He fouthern cae - “Mia. They b a , fo 
growth, and of fo vaft an increafe, that the prop pagating i it feems more 
Smee to the fee of the Baa ‘than c ultivating grains, 
: uncertaint 
n great e and ue; the 
negro flaves Piobitse pack ite them 
worthy a place at principa al tables In Virgin nid. th 
thera they are annu als, The ant them 
ieeaitiile 5 and, to > 
fap n holes ae Deind near thie fires 
the ters are more moderate, the oy are not nected to site them 
the an r pla 
Offober > 
wer. 
a Pot AG. my ye I obferved, 
were in Virginia and becaufe the names = as are called by, in differ- 
ent Colonies, are Se various, aaa them by thofe names uly, by 
which they are known ther 
I have obferved only five kinds of Potatoes fpecifically different 
nother; the Common, the Bermudas, the Brimftone, the 
Claret Potatoes. 
ato i nuddy red calous on the outfide, but 
a commonly weigh 
sae ; ufually are long ir- 
, five, or fix pou 
this is an excellent kind, 
r eS: and pointed at both ends : 
and is moft plan 
The Bermudas "Potato is larger and rounder than the Common, very 
white within, and covered with a white fkin: this is a tender kind, 
ir different culture from the 
h 
ato, bec its > weil. his Potato 
re pro pe eae ee 3 ae flowers ae a other kinds being 
purple. 
he Brimftone Potato grows to a large fize, and is fhaped oe e 
Common; the colour of it sl th given its name, and in goodnefs it is 
jaar next to the Comm. 
ne t Potato is aie fo, from its colour both without a 
ig being like that of a carrot: thefe grow to a very large a 
and f great ee. though of little efteem, being the mott 
in ‘pid. 
ented Potato feems 
for any pe eculiar excelece it oe 
ra is that of clar 
gated iofity than 
* The colour of it, without and 
Patate de la Vzrginie. 
G ETTE excellente Racine femble mériter détre préferée a toutes les 
autres, non feulement a caufe qw elle fournit une Lass tres faine 
tr és aetbcite, mais parce qu'elle eft dun ufage plus général au Genre humain 
ar elle nourrit en gra ande b partie, f eo ce welt iy cn- 
rique 
es it; : 
prada iene ‘elon e qu as convient mieux a Vindo- 
ous es Ba ae res sae COE a 4 ie que de sattacher a la culture 
ail, & dont la recolte eft plus 
incert a4 tant fur le continent 
que ve he he 5 Past 1 ia fim . fort en ufage. 7 
peuple par. vi les Blan a 3 Oo es 
bannit { sabe dan. es cantons o en 
oe Me au "neds co Jont annuelles e ne gue es . fleurs: on les 
pla 2 Mars, & on les retirer de terre en O&tobre ; & pou ae ein 
pe ie Ki peurrin, on les garde dans sale: ys rous ota terre proche du feu. A 
la os ee ce} ue mie Hivers ue t ies Ae é he pas ‘bible de e 
5 a entre les Tropiqu 
ills, me es oS poslins, a rss ; pene on us plante bane 
année. Ceft a la Vir ata tes, d'un un plus 
ue ee a’ efpece i 
des vis differens, e ne me ae que #4 ceun par pe elles font 
connues a av irginie. 
Fe wai obfervé que cing efpeces de Patates bien difinétes, les ee 
: es celles de Bertnudes,, UZ pouites, ies Carottes, € es Rs eilles. 
ee ea 
yeeaue az. 
ma 
of ent Fine 
elles “font le Foy fouvent longues, 
lier ee & a par le deux bouts: cette efpece eft ex- 
alle yey lanches, avec ume nuance ae rouge : elles 
a is une . & cing ou fix livres: 
1’ une hae We 
cellent 2 
Le Patates des Bermudes a Fa groffes FP pius rondes que les com- 
ed fe blanches en dedan. couvertes d'une peau blanche : cette 
efpece eff plus tendre que les one pour la con- 
(ae c une culture “1 érente: elle e auffi ia plus délicate, mais on en 
lante moins que a commune, parce qu’ ise $3 fe  conferve pas bien : 
cette Patate ne pr ws oe une fleur blanche 
ont a? . oe reid 
La Patate Soulirée hie oe groffe : is of ope a s 
Patt LOS: see ulen 
ie illeure apr 
a. aha Ca arotte, ainfi nommée ai "a couleur tant interne qwexterne, 
se eft femblable a celle d’une caro ote, dev vient tre ae & mi ee 
beaucoup, “ee qu'on ne Veftime gueres, 
we a Patate Vermeille of pits cultivée comme une curiofité, qwa caufe 
ui fost Foal iculiere: fa couleur en dedars &F en 
3 use 
pra Mat res: 
