Show A new kew POTATO A agra S gray y esq during his re gut ant explorations across the ContI continent bint for the purpose of if the practicability of constructing a rall rali railway fay ray to the pacific discovered a remarkable plant at the head of f the tio gutt gulf ot of it beag abeln found in abundance through a range ti baked d fani panl sand pani hills skirting adair adain bay t Is described as a parasitic plant with a large and fleshy rood rooi andaas and hag lag been called anim Anam So sonora Sono norm raB tying sand rood of 0 sonora onora onona the fresh plant Is cooked by roasting alpin dupon tipon the hot coals and resembles the potato in taste having much saccharine matter about it it it id Is likewise dried and mixed with less palatable kinds of pod food such as mu beans ac it Is represented presented rp to be a very delicious vegetables vegetable and ang could it be transplanted t 3 mr gray believes that it would constitute an important to the table pro uro probably bibly not second in demand and to the sweet potato ot or at asparagus cdx ex i iel sdi in 1817 lady franklin produced and a poem from which the following Is I 1 extracted it Is said cald that this poem brought about her acquaintance and final marriage with sir john there appears a strange agreement between his ultimate sad tate fate and the ideas expressed in the production ob oh has their sight eight been strained strai ned nod oer oser growing swing realms of dreary bite white while each clear iceberg floating oer eer the main seemed albite sail and wakened hope bope again till fancied outcasts both 0 of heaven heaten and many man beni dejl to their hearts the piercing coldness ran oyer oer blasted fields they rolled their suffering eyes and sank the victims ot of the sk skies less |