The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . mine, yellow or white flowers^^ of which are soabundantly represented on ancient textiles and on pottery,—thrives in sunny localities. The potato takes the leadamong indigenous culture plants, next comes the oca {Oxa-lis tuherosa), the quinua {Chenopodium quinua), and insheltered places only, maize of the small bushy kind. Sincethe sixteenth century, barley and the common large bean^^have been added to this modest list. Kitchen vegetableswould grow well in many places if they were cultivated; butthe Aymara Indian is such an inveterate enemy of i
The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . mine, yellow or white flowers^^ of which are soabundantly represented on ancient textiles and on pottery,—thrives in sunny localities. The potato takes the leadamong indigenous culture plants, next comes the oca {Oxa-lis tuherosa), the quinua {Chenopodium quinua), and insheltered places only, maize of the small bushy kind. Sincethe sixteenth century, barley and the common large bean^^have been added to this modest list. Kitchen vegetableswould grow well in many places if they were cultivated; butthe Aymara Indian is such an inveterate enemy of innova-tion that all attempts at introducing new plants whichmight bring about a wholesome reform in his monotonousdiet, have failed. Thus on the islands there is cabbagegrowing wild; on Koati we have seen almost arboriferouscabbage plants. The garden near Challa on Titicaca (er-roneously designated as Garden of the Incas,) is filledwith trees, shrubs, and with an abundance of flowers. Ithas beds of strawberries that ripen annually; but every-. 03 Ma »o3 > a^ P-i
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