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greater than others. The flowers grow many toge- 
ther upon a long Stalky coming Jonh jrcm hot ween 
the Leaves anJ the great Stalks , every one feveral- 
ly , upon a fhort Jool Stalk , Jmcichat like to the 
f lowers of Tobacco for the form , bang one whole 
Leaf , fix cornered at the brims , but fame thing 
larger , and of a pale blewifh purple color , or pale 
Dove color, and in fome altnojl white, with Join e 
red Threads in the middle , funding about a thick 
Cold-yellow Pointel , lift with green at the end 
After the flowers are paft, there comes up in their 
places J. 'mall round Berries or fruit, as large as a 
Damfon, or Bully, green at the fit ft, and fome 
thing whiti/h afterwards , with many white Seeds 
therein I. ke to Night-lhade ; from the likenefs oj 
which Buuhinus upon Matthiolus calls it Solanum 
tuberofum efculentum. 
V. The third, or Engliftl, or Irifh Potato. Thv 
is a roundijh tuberous Root fome times fmooth,fome 
times knobby , of various magnitudes from th. 
fmallnefs of a Filbert , to bigger than a large Tijl 
doubled-, it is foltd, comp all, and oj one uniform 
Subftance, while within , and redJijh without, ha- 
ving a Cuticula or Scarf Skin, over the pnneipa 
Skin , not Jweet in Tafte, like thoje of the Spanilh 
Kind, but of a more flatulent cr infiptd I'afte, wind 
being throughly boiled, baked or r afted, are mealy 
like the others. They are difperjed under the 
Ground by many final! Threads or Strings, from iht 
head of the Root, and one from another , each en 
creaftng in its tuberous bulk, in its fiction cr place 
where it lyes, without running deeper into the 
Ground, iu long Roots . ufually do. 
VI. The Places. Tii&fiilt grow in Spain and 
Portugal and in the Weft-Indies, as well among the 
fnghjh and Dutch in out Plantations, as among 
the Spaniards, wh'o plant them univerfally tor 
Food. The fecond grow plentifully in Virginia 
and through all florida. The third are only Nurft 
up in Gardens in England and Ireland, where they 
flourifh and come to perfeiftion, prod gioufly en- 
creating to a vaft plenty. 
VII. The Times. The firft beat their green 
Leaves all the Summer , which perilh with the 
Stalks at the firft approach ot Winter, or any great 
Frott ; The fecond thruft forth their Leaves in the 
beginning of May , the Flowers bud forth in Ali- 
gn ft ; and the Roots are fit for Food in September. 
The lait their Roots come to perfeflion towards 
the latter end of Autumn, and encteafe in iargeneis 
and goodnefs, being a good provific®_ibr Food, 
through the whole Winter. 
VIII. The Qualities. The Leaves of Potato are 
maniteftly hot and dry in the beginning of the 
fecond Degree, as manifeftly appear by the Tafte. 
But the Roots are temperate in refpeft to heat ot 
cold, dryneis and moifture : They Aftringe,are mo- 
derately Diuretick, Stomatick, Chylifick, Analep- 
tick, and Spermatogenetick. 
IX. The Specification. They noutifti the whole 
Body , reftore in Confumptions , and provoke 
Lutt. 
X. The Preparations. You may have there- 
from, i. The boiled, baked, or roaftei Roots. 2. 
The Broth. 3. Sanguis, T he Blood. 
The Virtues. 
XI. The Prepared Roots. They ftop Fluxes of 
the Bowels, nouriih much, and reftore in a pining 
Confumption: Being boiled, baked, or rolled, 
they are eaten with good Butter , Salt , Juice of 
Oranges 01 Limans , and double refined Sugar, as 
common Food : rhey encreafe Seed and provoke 
Lull, caufing Fruitfulnefs in both Sexes: and 
ftop all forts of Fluxes of the Belly. 
XII. The Broth of the Roots. They are firft 
boiled fift in fair Water, then taken out and peeled, 
fterwards put into the fame Water again, and 
toiled till the broth becomes as thick, as very thick 
Cream , or thin Hafty Pudding : feme mix an equal 
quantity of Milk with it, and Jo make Broth : others 
liter they are peeled , tnfte.td of putting them into 
the Waters they were boiled in, boil them only in 
Milk, till they are dijjolved as aforefaii, and the 
broth is made pleafant with Jweet Butter, a little 
Salt and double relined Sugar, and fo eaten. It has 
all the Virtues of the Roots eaten in Subftance, 
lourilhes mote, and reliores not only in an Atro- 
rhia, ot pining Confumption, but alfo in a Phthifis 
ot Ulceration of the Lungs. 
XIII. Sanguis, or The B’ood of Potato’s. It is 
nude as the Blood of Satyrion, Parfneps, Eddo’s, 
Comfrey, and other the like Roots. It may be taken 
oa Spoonful or two. Morning, Noon, and Night, 
n 3 Glafs of choife, Canary, Tent, A/ieanr , old 
Malaga, or other good Wines. It reftoresin deep 
,'onlumptions of ait Kinds, nourilhes to admirati* 
on, is good againft lmpotency in Men and Batren- 
nefsin Women, and has all the other Virtues of 
noth the Prepared Roots and Broth. 
PRICKET, fee Stone Ciop, Chap. 
CHAP. DLXXVIII. 
Of PRICK - MADAM. 
I. HP H E "Names. It is called in Greek , 
1 'Ah>op crx«Awx.cn/Sf : in La tine, Vermicu- 
lar is , Sedum Vcrmiculare , illecebra vermiculata ; 
3nd in Enghjh , P rick Madam , (being a certain 
Kind of J, mall Houfeleek , or Stone Crop.) 
II. The Kinds. There are feveral Species of it 
as, I. <rKuxw/.ociJii o Vermicularis Ar- 
borefeens , Tree Prick- Madam. 2. ' vkumm- 
nh( Qa/JvaAf, Vermicularis Yruticofa altera , Shrub- 
by Prick-Madam, or the leffer Tree Prick-Madam, 
3. Sedum minus He mat odes ^ fempervivum minus 
primum DodonKi ^ Sedum minus mas Yuchfij ; Vermi- 
cularn five illecebra major vulgaris , The Common 
greater Prick-Madam. 4. Sempervivum minus cefli- 
vum Lobelij ; Sedum minus fextus Clufij ^ Ver- 
micular is five illecebra minor , A izoon medium 
Thalij ; The lefler Prick-Madam , or fmall Stont 
Crop. k 
The Defcriptions ; 
III. The firft, or Tree Prick-Madam. Its Roots 
are long, woody, and fpr ending in the Ground-, 
this Plant rifes up to be five or fix feet high, as 
I ha ve fomet imes obfertfd it, when it is planted in 
Gardens in a good Svl-, and is plentifully Jlorel 
with Branches, from the bottom to the top , andthick 
fet with fmall, long , and round green Leaves, 
without any Tafte, very like to thofe of the fmall 
Houfeleek, called Stone Crop, (but Lubel fays. It 
has a kind of Saltt/h Tafte J yet leffer and greener. 
The 
