. An encyclopædia of gardening; . Book I. EXOTIC ESCULENTS. 785. found to equal our best peaches, pears and plums, or even gooseberries and strawberries; yet we cannotbut wish to see this or the contrary proved by the wealthy and curious horticulturist Sect. IV. Exotic Esculents, not hitherto cultivated as Of exotic esculents, some, as the yam and sweet potatoe, are worthy of being ex-perimented on with a view to their naturalisation as articles of food ; and even as fur-nishing a variety of esculent root, they deserve to be grown and sent to table, where thereis a complete or exten
. An encyclopædia of gardening; . Book I. EXOTIC ESCULENTS. 785. found to equal our best peaches, pears and plums, or even gooseberries and strawberries; yet we cannotbut wish to see this or the contrary proved by the wealthy and curious horticulturist Sect. IV. Exotic Esculents, not hitherto cultivated as Of exotic esculents, some, as the yam and sweet potatoe, are worthy of being ex-perimented on with a view to their naturalisation as articles of food ; and even as fur-nishing a variety of esculent root, they deserve to be grown and sent to table, where thereis a complete or extensive garden establishment. 6023. The West Indian yam (the inhame of the Portu-guese, and ignatne o( the French,) is the name applied toseveral species, with their numerous varieties of the genusDioscorea, L. Dicec. Hexan. L. and DioscorecB, J. They areclimbing, perennial, herbaceous plants, with tuberous roots,and axillary flowers in spikes or racemes. The name yamis more particularly applied to the D. sativa. {Rheed. t. 51.) {fig. 535.) This plant has
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