THE 



POTATOE PLANT, 



ITS USES AND PROPERTIES : 



TOGETHER WITH 



THE CAUSE OF THE PRESENT MALADY. 



THE EXTENSION OF THAT DISEASE TO OTHER PLANTS, THE 



QUESTION OF FAMINE ARISING THEREFROM, AND THE 



BEST MEANS OF AVERTING THAT CALAMITY, 



BY ALFRED SMEE, F.R.S. 

 H 



8UHOKON TO THE BANK OF ENGLAND; TO THE ROYAL GENERAL DISPENSARY 



TO THE CENTRAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC INSTITUTION J 

 AND LECTURER ON SURGERY AT THE ALDERSGATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. 



ILLUSTRATED WITH TEN LITHOGRAPHS. 



NEW YORK: 

 WILEY & PUTNAM, 161 BROADWAY. 



1847. 



