10'2 CULTIVATED VEGETABLES. 



tioipate that it will bear cultivation in our 

 happy land, as it is only found growing in a 

 moderate clime on the Cordilleras ; and 

 plants taken from the warmest parts of the 

 world have generally been found to prosper 

 in Europe. 



Lemery, in his work on Foods, says, " Po- 

 tatoes are nourishing enough, and allay the 

 sharp humours of the breast by their oily 

 and balsamic principles, which are apt to 

 unite to those parts that want recruiting, and 

 to embarrass the sharp salts that vellicate 

 the breast. They produce gross humours 

 and wind, because they contain a viscous and 

 thick juice. They contain a little salt, but 

 much oil and phlegm. They agree at all 

 times with young bilious people, and those in 

 general whose humours are very sharp, and 

 much agitated." 



Potatoes are extremely emollient, and con- 

 sequently good to prevent and cure disorders 

 proceeding from or attended with a rigidity 

 or stricture of the fibres. Hence they are a 

 very proper food for those who use much 

 exercise.* 



On analyzing a pound of potatoes, they 



* James. 



