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with sharpish angles, and spines on the midrib, 

 not at the sides : the racemes longer than the 

 leaves, loose, simple : the berries round, the 

 size of a large pea, yellow when ripe. It is a 

 native of Carolina, flowering in July. 



The eleventh has a strong thick shrubby stalk, 

 which rises from two to three feet high, sending 

 out many short thick branches, closely armed 

 with short strong yellow spines on every side : 

 the leaves are about four inches long and two 

 broad; are cut almost to their midrib in obtuse 

 segments, which are opposite, regular, and 

 formed like winged leaves ; these segments have 

 several obtuse indentures on their edges ; are of 

 a dark green colour, and armed with the same 

 sort of spines as those on the stalks, on both 

 sides : the flowers come out in small bunches on 

 the side of the branches, are blue, appearing in 

 June and July, and are succeeded by round yel- 

 low berries, as large as walnuts. It grows na- 

 turally at the Cape of Good Hope. 



The twelfth species has the stem tomentose, 

 ash-coloured, with thick straight short yellowish 

 prickles, tomentose except at the end: the leaves 

 ovate, shorter on one side of the base, tomen- 

 tose, thick, blunt ; the young ones pinnately 

 sinuate, whitish at the edge, having three 

 prickles on the rib : the petioles are prickly un- 

 derneath : the peduncles from the side of the 

 stem: the pu'imary pedicel with the calyx spiny, the 

 rest male and unarmed: the corolla, like that of 

 Borage, purplish-blue. It is a native of Palestine. 

 The thirteenth is well known for its tuberous 

 root : the stem from two to three feet in height, 

 succulent, somewhat angular, striated, slightly 

 hairy, frequently spotted with red, branched ; 

 the branches long and weak : the leaves inter- 

 ruptedly pinnate, having three or four pairs of 

 leaflets, with smaller ones between, and one at 

 the end larger than the rest ; the leaflets are 

 somewhat hairy, and dark green on the upper 

 surface : the flowers are either white or tinged 

 with pXirple ; or, according to Gerarde, of a 

 light purple, striped down the middle of every 

 fold or welt with a light show of yellowness : 

 the fruit is a round berrv, the size of a small 

 plum, green at first, but black when ripe, and 

 containing nianv small flat, roundish, white 

 seeds. It is probably a native of Peru. 



The principal varieties may be distinguished 

 into two kinds — as the red-rooted and white- 

 rooted sorts ; the subvarieties of which are ex- 

 tremely numerous ; but for garden purposes the 

 following are the most useful : 



The Ear'y Dwarf-red — the Round-red — the 

 Ob'ong-rcci — the Pale-red — the Blood-red — the 

 Ir.sh-ret', or Painted Lord — O.d Winter-red — 

 Rough-red — and Smooth-red. 



Early Forcing Potatoe — the Early Dwarf- 

 white — Rrown Early — Cumberland Early 



Early Scot — Golden Dim — Early Champion — 

 White Blossom — Manly White. 



Kidney While and Red — Red-nosed— True 

 White— Flat White— Superfine White Early. 



Cuhure. — The three first species, which are 

 annual, may be raised from seed, which should 

 be sown in the early Sj)ring on hot-beds moulded 

 over to the depth of six or seven inches with 

 light rich mould, in drills, or pots plunged into 

 the beds. When the plants come up, they 

 should be properly thinned, have a pretty free 

 admission of air, and occasional waterings; and 

 the Love Apple kinds, when they have atuined 

 some growth, as five or six inches, and the wea- 

 ther becomes settled warm, should be removed 

 into the open ground, planting them in a warm 

 sheltered border, placing them at a considerable 

 distance. Some may be trained against a south 

 fence to have the advantage of the full sun : 

 they should always be supported by some means 

 or other to show themselves, and ripen their 

 fruit. Si.t the egg plants should be pricked out 

 when a few inches \n height into another hot- 

 bed prepared for th i purpose, at the distance of 

 four or five inches ; and some n]ay be put in 

 separate pots and plunged in the bed, givino- 

 water and shade till they are fresh rooted : the 

 waterings should be duly repeated, and fresh air 

 freely admitted when the weather is fine : it 

 may also be requisite to remove them with balls 

 about their roots on to a third hot-bed in order 

 to have them very fine and strong : the frame 

 should be raised as they advance in growth, and 

 when the weather becomes fine and hot they 

 should be gradually hardened, and finally set out 

 in the pots, &c. where they are wanted. 



The fourth sort may be increased by layers 

 and cuttings, which may be laid down or planted 

 out in the autumn or spring, where they will be 

 well rooted by the ft)llouing autumn, when ihev 

 may be taken oflT and removed into nursery- 

 rows, or where they are to grow. 



The eight following sorts may be increased bv 

 seeds, which should be soan thnilv in rich li>rlit 

 earth in the parly spring in small pots, phincnnir 

 them in the hot- bed under frames and glasses^ 

 watering them frequently, when the plants will 

 soon come up, admitting fresh air daily ; and 

 when the plants are about two inches high, they 

 should be pricked out upon another hot-bed, 

 giving water and shaile till they are fresh-rooted; 

 and some may be put into pots, plungim'- them 

 in the bed. As the warm weather advances, they 

 should be gradually hardened to the open air, so 

 •IS to be set out into it about the middle of the 

 summer. 



