AS A MANURE FOR POTATOES. 351 
opened, the Guano was sprinkled along the bot- 
tom, and on each side. The drills were then 
freely watered, the sets placed about eight inches 
apart, and were covered up directly. No rain 
fell for some weeks afterwards, yet the shoots soon 
appeared above the surface; those which had 
spritted, much sooner than the others. The fail- 
ures were few in number. The vegetation, after 
rain fell, was most luxuriant, the stems being of a 
darker green than those planted with common 
manure. ‘They were longer and of a larger size 
than usual, and I doubted whether the crop, from 
this circumstance, would be productive. It was 
pleasing to observe the small quantity of weeds, 
as I had been much annoyed with them in former 
years. Very few of the leaves were curled, but 
I occasionally noticed a peculiarity in some of the 
stems, which I had also seen in some varieties of 
the potatoe in preceding seasons. When the 
shoot emerged from the ground, a small tuber was 
formed, and from it another feeble shoot sprang 
forth. They were always removed, and brocoli 
planted in their places, with a sprinkling of Guano 
in each vacancy, which I afterwards regretted, as 
the plants grew up with such rapidity, that their 
leaves overshadowed the adjoining potatoes, and 
lessened their productiveness. 
