May 2, 1895. 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
385 
■view. It is needless to add that the effect produced was beautiful 
beyond description. 
“ Some slight frosts occurring in the latter end of October, without 
injuring this plant, it was considered that it would prove quite 
impervious to the influence of cold ; but a more severe one coming in 
November, the stems and foliage were completely destroyed, just as 
the flowers had attained to the highest degree of perfection, and it was 
In reference to the last remark, Dr. Hogg records in the “ Vegetable 
Kingdom” that the tubers of T. tuberosum, when cooked, are eaten by 
the natives of Peru. They have also been tried in this country, and 
been considered by some to form an agreeable disb. When boiled they 
are of a soft, pulpy substance, and in flavour resemble Seakale, mixed 
with the hot taste of garden Cress. Some who have thus used them 
state that they have a very delicate flavour, like the richest Asparagus,. 
Fig. G4.—TROPiEOLUM TUBEROSUM. 
then deemed prudent to remove the tubers from the soil, and preserve 
them through the winter in a dry and dormant state. This should teach 
us that, to insure an abundant display of flowers without subjecting the 
plants to injury from frost, they should be planted out early in the 
spring, in which case they would doubtless form a most brilliant and 
attractive feature in the flower garden during the summer and 
autumnal months. These tubers are also edible, and Mr. Younginforms 
us that they are, when boiled, superior in flavour to any Potato, though 
they are disposed to be watery, and do not boil firm.” 
and superior to the Potato, but they are disposed to be watery and not 
to boil firm. It has been found that, when used immediately after being 
taken up, the tubers have a disagreeable taste, and to remedy this, in 
Bolivia, where the plant is called Ysano, they freeze them after they 
aie cooked, and eat them when frozen. The ladies of La Paz are very 
fond of them, and in the season of the taiachas large quantities are 
sopped in molasses and taken as refreshments during the heat of the day. 
The tubers sent by Mr. Orchard are the finest we have seen. They 
have not b:en cooked, but planted.] 
