so 



y. SoLANUM j frutkofum, bacci- 

 fevHrn. C. B. P. Shrubby Berry- 

 bearing N'ghtfhadej commonly caWd, 

 Amomum Plinii. 



8. SoLANUM i Gmneenfe, fruciti 

 magna injiar Ceraji nigerrimo urn- 

 Beltato. Boerh. Ind, Nightfliade 

 from Guiney, with large Fruit, 

 refembling Black Cherries, which 

 grow in an Umbel. 



9. SoLANUMi fpiniferumy frutef- 

 etns, ffinis igneis Americanum. Fluk. 

 Thyt. Shrubby and Thorny Ame- 

 rican Nightlhade, with Fire-colour'd 

 Thorns. 



10. SoLAi^uM.; fpinofum, maxime 

 tormentofum. Bocc, Rar, Tlant. 

 Thorny NightHiade, very much 

 cover'd with a Wool or Down. 



1 1 . SoLANUM i Americunum, fpl- 

 nofum, foliis MelongenA, fruciu mam- 

 mofo. D. Lig. Tourn. Thorny Ame- 

 rican Nightlhade, with Leaves like 

 thofe of Mad Apple, and a Fruit 

 Ihap'd like an inverted Pear, com- 

 monly call'd in Barbados Batchelors 

 Pear. 



12. SoLAKUM ; fom'iferum, fru- 

 tefcens, Africanum, fpnofum nigri- 

 cans fore boraginis, foliis profunds 

 lichiiatis. H. L. Shrubby African 

 Apple - bearing Nightfha'de, v/ith 

 black Thorns, a Flower like Borage, 

 and deeply jagged Leaves, commonly 

 caWd Pomum Amoris. 



T^. Solanum; tuberoCwmy efcu- 

 lentmn. C.B.P. Potatoes. 



14. Solanum j tuberofum, efcn- 

 lentmn, fiorealbo. H.R.Far. White 

 Potatoes. 



There are feveral other Species of 

 tliis Plant, which are preierv'd in 

 ibme curious Botanick Gardens for 

 Variety j but thofe here mention'd 

 being the moft valuable Sorts 1 have 

 obierv'd in the Englifi Gardens, I 

 fli:ill not enumerate the others. 



The firft Sort is now very com- 

 mon upon Dungh'ils, and on rich 



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cultivated Soils in many Parts of 

 England, where it often becomes a 

 troublefome Weed. This is the Sort 

 which the College of Phyficians 

 have direded to be ufed in Medi- 

 cine, under the Title of Solanum 

 hortenfe. Tlie fecond and third 

 Sorts are very near to the firft, 

 differing from it in the Colour of 

 their Fruits, and the Plants being 

 woolly. The eighth Sort produces 

 much larger Fruit than either of 

 the former, and the Plants grow 

 proportionably larger. 



All thefe Sorts are annual Plants, 

 which may be propagated by fow- 

 ing their Seeds in March upon a 

 Bed of light, rich Earth, in a warm 

 Situation j and when the Plants 

 come up, they fliould be tranfplanted 

 out into frefli Beds of rich Earth, 

 at about fix Inches Diftance, ob- 

 ferving to water and fhade them 

 until they have taken Root, as alfb 

 to keep them clear from Weeds, 

 and in very dry Weather they fhould 

 be often refrclVd with Water: In 

 thefe Beds they may remain until 

 they have grown £\i large as to 

 meet each other, when they may 

 be taken up, with a good ball of 

 Earth to each Plant, and planted 

 where they are to remain, obierving 

 to allow 'em at leaft two Feet Di- 

 ftance, otherwife they will fpread 

 over each other, or any other Plants 

 which grov/ near them. This Care 

 may be taken with a few Plants of 

 the red and yellow - bcrry'd and 

 Guiney Sorts for the Sake ot Variety, 

 but the common Sort, if permitted 

 to fcattcr its Seeds, will come up 

 in Plenty without any Care. 



The fourth Sort is a climbing 

 woody Plant, which grows in the 

 Hedges in divers Parts of England, 

 and IS by fome planted in Gardens 

 to cover Arbours or fnady Walls in 

 London, and other cloic Places, where 



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