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, every thing near it. This I know 

 I no other Method to deftroy, than 

 hoeing often, or pulling it up by 

 Hand ; which will, in time, weaken 

 and fubdue it : but this can't be done 

 under three or four Years, if attend- 

 ed with all poflible Care (efpecially 

 in a dry, fandy, *or gravelly Soil): 

 but in a wet Soil it is foon deitroyed ; 

 for the Roots are very fubject. to rot 

 with too much A4oifture in Winter. 



The third Sort is found in Plenty 

 upon the gravelly or fandy Shores, 

 where the fait Water overflows, in 

 Inany Parts of England. This is a 

 ftrong Purger, and as fuch is often 

 ufed in Medicine- This Plant, if 

 fown in a Garden, will feldom laft 

 above a Year or two. 



The fourth Sort is found in great 

 Plenty upon the Sea-mores of Ame- 

 rica^ and is by the Inhabitants ufed 

 as a Purge. The Seeds of this Plant 

 were brought from the Babama- 

 IJlands by Mr. Cattjby, and have 

 been raifed in feveral. Gardens in 

 \ England; but it is very tender, and 

 not to be kept thro' the Winter 

 | Without a Stove. 



The two Kinds of Potatoes are 

 much cultivated in the Weft-Indies, 

 where they are a great Part of the 

 Food of the Inhabitants ; and from 

 thefe Roots they make a Drink 

 which they call Mohby ; which is 

 done by ftewing the Roots over a 

 gentle Fire till they are foft; then 

 they break the Root?, and put them 

 into fair Water, letting them re- 

 main therein two or three Hours, in 

 which time the Water will have 

 drawn out the Spirit of the Root; 

 then they put the Liquor and Roots 

 into a woollen Bag, and ftrain the 

 Liquor through into a Jar, when in 

 two Hours after it will begin to work ; 

 then they cover the Jar, and let 

 it remain until the next Day, when 

 it will be fit tQ drink. This Liquor 



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they make ftronger or weaker, by 

 putting a greater or Iefs Quantity of 

 Roots into the Water. It is a very 

 fprightly Drink, but not fubjecl: to 

 fly in the Head, nor will it keep 

 good longer than four or five Days. 



Thefe Plants are propagated with 

 great Eafe ; for every Piece of the 

 Root, which has an Eye or Bud, 

 will grow, and fend out Branches 

 trailing on the Ground, which emit 

 Roots at every Joint, and form a 

 large Tuber or Potato at each, which 

 in thofe warm Countries will be full 

 grown, and fit for Ufe, in three or 

 four Months time ; fo that from one 

 Root planted there will be twenty 

 or thirty fair Roots produced. Some 

 of thefe Roots have been brought 

 from America into Europe, and are 

 now frequently cultivated in Spain 

 and Portugal-, from both which 

 Places the Roots are annually brought 

 into England, and are by fome 

 Perfons greatly e deemed ; tho' in 

 general they are not fo well liked as 

 the common Potato, being toofvveet 

 and lufcious for moll Palates. 



In England thefe Plants are fome- 

 times cultivated by curious Perfons, 

 after the following manner: The 

 latter End of March, or the Begin- 

 ning of April, they prepare an Heap 

 of hot Dung ; then having chofen a 

 warm Spot of light Ground, they 

 d;g Holes about eight Feet afunder, 

 into each of which they put four or 

 five Barrows of the hot Dung, which 

 muft be laid fmooth, railing it high 

 in the Middle ; then they cover the 

 Dung with light rich Earth, and up- 

 on the Top of each Hill they plant 

 two or three Pieces of found Roots, 

 each having an Eve or Bud ^ then 

 they cover the Hills with Bell or 

 Kand-glafles, to preferve an Hedc 

 in that Part of the Hill where the 

 Roots are planted, as alfo to prevent 

 the Rain from rotting the Roots. In 



