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of inveftigating fuch queftions. Some plants, when 

 firft raifed from feeds, are faid to produce flowers 

 of one colour only, which afterwards break as it 

 is ftiled, and become ftriped, as the tulip. Others, 

 though originally variegated, are faid in time to 

 become plain, and afterwards retain that plainnefs, 

 as the carnation. Whether thefe things are actually 

 fo, I do not take upon me to fay, becaufe I know 

 many things of this nature are vaguely and confi- 

 dently afTerted. But if they do exift, it might be 

 of ufe, for fome purpofes, to afcertain the plants that 

 are reducible to the one or the other of thefe clafTes. 



Upon the whole, with refpedt to the rearing of 

 potatoes from feeds, I think we may fafely con- 

 clude, that if this practice will ever be productive 

 of any benefits to focicty, thefe advantages have not 

 yet been difcovered. 



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