HISTOIRE DE LA POMME DE TERRE. 2338 
writers, from Pedro Cieca de Leon, onwards; then its introduction 
amongst us, giving extracts from the respective writers, translated 
into French. 
It is remarkable that we are still —— of the — me 
of the introduction of the potato from its 
Roze points out that there were two distinct aie of distribution: 
(a) its cultivation in England by John Gerard in 1596; and (b) by 
i in. 1588. In con 
s distribution of the plant, M. Roze gives a 
coloured — of the drawing which Philippe de Sivry, Prefect of 
Mons, in Hainault, Belgium, sent to Clusius at Vienna, with two 
tubers also, which preced ded iti drawing. The original sketch is pre- 
served in that storehouse of interesting memorials of the end of the 
sec sgpeh century, the Musée Plantin at Antwerp, and not long ago 
wa ong the drawings exposed to public view in one of the 
siliesins there. It is astonishing how slowly the plant was ap- 
preciated, for though Clusius was, according to his wont, generous 
in distributing to his friends, it was not till towards the close of 
last — that the cultivation became ‘gen eral in France. Amongst 
thos g its use, Antoine Augustin 
Dasincabick® s name is pre-emine ent; he was unwearied in urging its 
culture, and so identified himself with it as to cause the word 
‘‘parmentiére’’ to stand as a synonym of ‘‘pomme de terre. 
The second division of M. Roze’s book is concerned with a life- 
history of the plant; a sketch of the various —* — —— 
in the century and at the present time; the disea whic 
subject, from insects and fungi, including the ‘‘ ak ” ‘she ba rea * 
and the ‘‘ mildew’’; its cultivation and propagation by tubers, and 
the ea of new varieties by seed, by — — by grafting ; 
areas, for there is no hint of the American ‘ spinner,” which, 
drawn by horses, eter up the ridge, separates the tubers from 
the soil, and deposits them in two lines behind the machine, only 
needing to - picked are ; in some patterns the sacks are filled at the 
same 0 
Th ate are a abe slips in the work, as must occur: the names of 
Cruckshanks, Hemsley, and Gerard are wrongly spelled ‘“ Cruck- 
shands,”’ ‘ Hensley, ’ and ‘“* Gerarde”’ the last, indeed, is natural, 
for it is misspelled on the title-page ‘(see note in the (fardeners’ 
Chronicle, 22 Nov. 1879, pp. 660-1). lg ove is invariably 
printed ovata Clusius is claimed as a Fre "of Fl : gion 
interesting array of facts. 
