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thoroughly boiled, and the inside, when spread on toast, and 

 dressed with melted butter, pepper, and salt, is an excellent 

 substitute for marrow. 



At the same Meeting. Sir Joseph Banks sent two Sweet 

 Potatoes, one raw and the other dressed. They had been 

 brought from Lima, and given to Mr. Bullock. During 

 the voyage some of the roots were put into the water, and 

 grew well, spreading over the sides and top of the ship's 

 cabin, like a Vine. The boiled one was tasted, it was sweet 

 and agreeable. This is understood to be the true sort of 

 Sweet Potatoe, being the best variety of the Convoholus 

 Batatas. The tubers are of a pale brown colour, irregularly 

 pear-shaped, about fourteen inches in circumference, and 

 four inches from the point to the head of the tuber. They 

 are the Potatoes of Shakespeare, and the writers of his 

 age ; having been formerly imported from Spain, and sold in 

 our markets before the Potatoes ( Solarium tuberosum ) now 

 used were known. 



At the same Meeting. Mr. Joseph Kirke brought Royal 

 Muscadine Grapes, grown on standard Vines, in his garden 

 at Brompton. The plants from which these Grapes were 

 gathered are from three to four feet high, and are planted 

 in a row in front of a south wall, seven feet from the wall, 

 and three feet from each other in the row. The fruit was 

 well ripened, highly flavoured, and in appearance, equal to 

 specimens from a wall. Mr. Kirke states the crop produ- 

 ced on an average by every ten plants, which occupy thirty 

 feet in length, to be forty pounds, or four pounds to each 

 plant. The present summer has no doubt been peculiarly 



