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The foil on which thefe plants were raifed was a 
deep, fandy loam, without the addition of any artifi- 
cial manure. 
It may be matter of future confideration, to what 
extent this mode of cultivating the potatoe may fu. 
perfede the prefent one, of propagating by fhoots 
from the bulb. But the more obvious advantages 
feem to be, the produétion of new, and, perhaps, 
better varieties; as well as by a timely recurrence to 
the feed to renovate the fpecies, which are generally 
underftood to decline in prolificacy after certain ree 
moves therefrom, and that at no very diftant period 
of time. 
I remain, with efteem, fir, 
Your very obedient fervant, 
NEHEMIAH BARTLEY. 
{The Society learns with pleafure, that Mr. BarTLey 
is purfuing further his experiments on cultivation from feed, 
which he confiders as the fource of difcoveries and excellences, 
refpecting £inds as well as crops; and which he hopes to treat 
of in a pamphlet, for the publick advantage. From his 
known ingenuity, veracity, and love of ufeful fcience, much 
valuable matter may be expected, thould he realize his 
prefent views.—Ep. | 
ART. 
