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The Species are ; 



1. Lycopersicon Galeni. Aug. 

 Yellow Love-apple. 



2. Lycopersicon Galeni, fruclu 

 rubra. Bocrb. Ind. Love-apple with a 

 red Fruit. 



3. Lycopersicon fruclu cerofi 

 rubro. Tourn. Love-apple with a red 

 cherry-fhaped Fruit. 



4. Lycopersicon fruclu cerafi 

 luteo. Tourn. Love-apple with a yel- 

 low cherry-fhaped Fruit. 



5. Lycopersicon fruclu Jfriato 

 duro. Toum. Love-apple with an 

 hard chanell'd Fruit. 



6. Lycopersicon fruclu rubro 

 non Jlriato. Inf. R. H. Love-apple 

 with a fmooth red Fruit. 



7. Lycopersicon fruclu a/bo. 

 hzfi. R. H. Love-apple with a white 

 Fruit. 



8. Lycoper£icon Americanu7n 

 arborefcer.Sy amplijfimis foliis avgu- 

 lo.tis. Plum. Cat. American tree-like 

 Love apple, with large angular 

 Leaves. 



9. Lycopersicon radice tubero- 

 fa, efculenfum. The Potato, or In- 

 dian Batatas. 



There are fome other Varieties of 

 thele Plants in the Gardens of Italy 

 and Spain ; but .hofe here mention'd 

 are all the Sorts I have obferv'd in the 

 Englijb Gardens. 



The feven firft Sorts are propa- 

 gated by lowing their Seeds on a 

 moderate Hot-bed in March ; and 

 when come up, they mould be tranf- 

 planted into another moderate Hot- 

 bed, at about three Inches Diftance 

 from each other, obferving to made 

 them until they have uken Root ; 

 after which they muft have frequent 

 Waterings, and a lai;ge Share of 

 frelh Air ; for if they are too much 

 drawn while young, they feldom 

 do well afterward. 



In May thefe Plants mould be 

 iranfplanted either into Pots fill'd 



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rich light Earth, or into the Bor- 

 ders of t;.e Flower-garden, obferv- 

 ing to water and made them until 

 they have taken Root ; and as the 

 Branches are extended, they mould 

 be fupported with Sticks ; otherwife, 

 when the Fruit begins to grow large, 

 it will prefs them down, and break 

 them. 



Tnofe Plants which are placed in 

 Pots, mould be often water'd, other- 

 wife they will come to little (for 

 they are very thirty Plants) ; 

 but when they are planted in a rich 

 moift Soil, they will grow to a pro- 

 digious Size, and produce large 

 Quantities of Fruit; which in Au- 

 tumn, when they are ripe, make an 

 odd Figure ; but the Plants emit fo 

 ftrong an Effluvium, as renders them 

 unfit to ftand near an Habitation, 

 or any Place that is much frequent- 

 ed ; for upon their being brufh'd by 

 the Clo2ths, they fend forth a very 

 ftrong difagreeable Scent. 



Tne Italians and Spaniards eat 

 thefe Apples, as we do Cucumbers, 

 with Pepper, Oil, and Salt; and 

 fome eat them ftew'd in Sawces, C5V. 

 and in Soups they are now much 

 ufed in England, efpecially the fe- 

 cond Sort, which is preferred to all 

 the other. This Fruit gives an agree- 

 able Acid to the Soup ; though there 

 are fome Perfons who think them 

 not wholfome, from their great 

 Moifture and Coldnefs, and that the 

 Nourimment they afford muft be 

 bad. They are call'd by the Pcrtu* 

 guefe and Spaniards Tomatoes. The 

 hrft of thefe Plants is the Sort di- 

 rected for medicinal Ufe by the 

 College in their Difpenfatory. 



The eighth Sort will rife to the 

 Height of fix or eight Feet, and be- 

 come woody. This Sort is propaga- 

 ted by Seeds, which Ihould be fown 

 on an Hot-bed in the Spring 5 

 and when the Plants are come up 



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