144 THE POTATO. 



encourage -strong growth, the frequent aeration of the soil, 

 and the free vise of soot, are measures best Calculated to 

 effect. a clearance. in gardens dressing the soil with 

 kainit at the rate of a pound per square rod; with quick- 

 lime in February at the rate of three bushels per square 

 rod; and nitrate of soda at the rate of one pound per 

 square rod before earthing the potatoes up, will do much 

 towards preventing injury to the potato crop. 



MAINCROP ROUND POTATO .SYON HOUSE PROLIFIC. 



Millepedes or False Wireworms. These are 

 often confused with the true wireworm, although they are 

 really distinct from the latter. They do not belong to the 

 insect tribe, but to another closely allied tribe, the Myrio- 

 poda. Their bodies are composed of a number of rings, 

 each furnished with one or two legs on each side. Owing 



