cultivated in the Garden of the Society. 571 

 Asparagus Potatoe. 

 This Potatoe, whether it be dressed plain or with sauces, 

 is in much estimation where it is known ; its size prevents it 

 being cultivated where productive crops are wanted ; but its 

 excellence for the table will always insure its growth in a 

 garden where a variety of good esculents is required to be pro- 

 duced. The stem is dull green, tinged with purple in places, 

 as well as at the joints, erect, branching, short-jointed, and 

 of dwarf growth. The petioles are short ; the leaflets light 

 green, very small, hirsute, acuminate, and slightly involute, 

 not numerous ; the pinnulae few and minute. It is very shy 

 in producing its flowers ; these are white and small, growing 

 on short peduncles. The tubers are oblong, slender, varying 

 in size, often from seven to eight inches long ; skin of a light 

 brownish white, inclining to pale red, smooth with numerous 

 distinct eyes. Flesh very pale, firm and waxy, of superior 

 flavour. It is a good bearer, but late in ripening ; the eyes 

 are also late in shooting, so that the stems are tardy in appear- 

 ing above ground. 



Mouse Potatoe. 



The original sets of this singular little Potatoe were sent 

 to the Horticultural Society by His Royal Highness the 

 Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar, in 1820, in a collection con- 

 sisting of several varieties. It is called in the German Mono- 

 graph on Potatoes by Bertuch, printed at Weimar in 4to. 

 in 1819 (where it is figured as well as described, No. 20, 

 page 21. Tab. 6, fig. 20) the Kleine Schottlander KartofFel 

 (Little Scotch Potatoe) and Kleine Mauschen KartofFel (Little 

 Mouse Potatoe.) It is of dwarf growth. The stems are dull 

 purple, naked, with close joints ; the petioles are short ; the 



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