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CONVERSATION THE SIXTH. 



CLASS 5. PENTAN'DRIA. GENUS SOLA'NUM, POTATOE. 



WOODY, AND GARDEN NIGHTSHADE. DEADLY 



NIGHTSHADE, A DIFFERENT GENUS. AT'ROPA. 



IVY* BUCKTHORN. MYOSo'TIS PALUs'TRIS, WATER 



MOUSE-EAR, EXAMINED. VINE. CURRANT AND 



GOOSEBERRY. COFFEE-TREE. TOBACCO. VIOLET. 



MOTHER. 



THE fifth class, Pentandria, comprehends more 

 than a tenth part of all the plants that are known 

 at present; and some of our most useful vegetables 

 belong to it. I shall begin with the Potatoe, So- 

 la'num tubero'sum, which is in the order Mono- 

 gynia. 



EDWARD. 



Do Potatoes grow wild in England ? 



MOTHER. 



No ; they were brought from America, by Sir 

 Walter Raleigh, who, on his return from that part 

 of the world, about the year 1597, distributed a 

 number of Potatoes in Ireland, where they were 

 planted and multiplied very fast. It is said that 

 they were afterwards brought from Ireland into 

 England ; and tliat a ship, laden with potatoes 



