CRANBERRY. 121 



Scotia in the year 1760 by Mr. Jonathan Laycock, and is 

 stated to be found in the swamps of Cyprus also. This 

 berry has a perfumed taste, like eau de noyau, or bitter 

 almonds : it is reared by Mr. Joseph Knight, of Little 

 Chelsea, and several other nurserymen near the metro- 

 polis. Another variety was brought from Madeira in 1777, 

 which requires the shelter of the green-house ; and the 

 Jamaica cranberry, which was introduced the following 

 year, will not thrive in this country except in the stove. 



Cranberries are of an astringent quality, and esteemed 

 good to restore the appetite : they were formerly imagined 

 efficacious in preventing pestilential diseases. 





