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feemed to have acquired the ufual fize, and all the 
mould which the intervals afforded had been ap- 
plied to them. — 
_ Abott this time alfo, the plants began to put 
forth bloflom—of which circumftance, as being 
thought fomewhat novel, I took the liberty to ap- 
prife you; and when you favoured me with a vifit 
fometime afterwards, you will recolle& they were in 
fair and general bloom. And notwithftanding the 
unfavourable circumftance of the feed having been » 
fown fo late, I perfuade myfelf the plants would have 
produced feed, had not a remarkably fevere froft 
intervened at a period of the feafon uncommonly 
early, by which means they were, entirely cut off. 
Yet, @ great number of the bulbs had acquired a mas 
ture fixe, as appeared by fpecimens prefented the 
Society on the 13th of November laft.* 
To thofe gentlemen who may be defirous of pur- 
fuing this experiment, I would recommend their 
fowing about the beginning of April; or even fooner 
in the feafon, were it not for the danger of froft, of 
which this exotict plant is very fufceptible. 
Four ounces of feed would produce plants fuffici- 
ent to ftock an acre of ground, on the fcale I have 
mentioned. 
* The potatoes fo produced were evidently of found, perfect 
fubftance, and of good fize.—Ep. 
+ Would not propagating by feed be the moft effectual method 
of naturalizing it? 
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