
1891.] The History of Garden Vegetables. 699 
1863 Burr * describes nine varieties as in American gardens. Of 
the varieties now known to me, not one type can be considered 
as modern in its appearance. 
The sweet potato is called in France, potate douce, batate, arti- 
chaut des Indes, truffe douce; in Italy, patata; in Spain and 
Portugal, datata.* 
Other names have been, in English, in 1597, potatoes, potatus, 
and potades (Ger.); by Clusius, 1576, datatas, camotes, amotes, 
and ajes. 
Native American names are, in Peru, apichu (Piso. de Vega); 
at Quito, cumar (Markham); in Brazil, jetica (Piso. Marcg.), 
Jettikt (Hans Stade); by the Portuguese in Brazil, datata(Marcg.), 
patattes (Nieuhoff); in Mexico, camote (Unger); in Carib, mady 
(Descourt.) ; in Tupi, Aetich (Gray); in Tupi-Guarani, yeti (Gray); 
in Yucatan, camote (Port. Voy.); in Choctaw, ahe (Gray). 
Other names are, in New Zealand and Otaheite, cuala (Cook); 
in New Zealand, kumara (Wilkes); in Malay, #ġitora ; Javanese, 
ubi; Chinese, at Batavia, antsoa (Nieuhoff); Central Africa, 
veeazee (Grant); East Africa, in Wanika-land, fase (Krapf. jsi 
the Soudan, dankali, doukali (Heuze). 
In India, shukar-kundo (Firm.); in Bengali, shukar-kundoo-aloo ; 
in Telinga, chillagada, grasugada (Drury); in Hindustani, penda- 
loo; in Tamil, sukkaray-vullie ; in Ceylon, batala ; in. Persian, 
sardak-lahori; in Malay, batatas (Birdwood); in Japan, imo, 
kara imo (Thunb.). 
TANSY. Tanacetum vulgare L. 
Tansy is still included in the herb-garden as a condimental 
and medicinal herb, yet it is very little grown, the wild plant 
usually sufficing for all purposes, and it very readily becomes an 
escape, thriving in out-of-the-way places without culture. It was 
formerly in greater esteem than at present. In 1633 Gerarde™ 
says: “ In the spring-time are made with the leaves hereof newly 
sprung up, and with egs, cakes, or tansies, which be pleasant in 
taste, and good for the stomacke.” In 1778 Mawe” says: “This 
4 Burr. Field and Gard. Veg., 1863, 99. : : 
50 Gerarde. Herbal 
erbal, 1633, 651. 
5! Mawe.” Gard., 1778. 
