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THE POTATO. 



The Cottage Loaf Tuber. This illustration shows 

 a perfect counterfeit presentment of a cottage loaf. 

 Either the larger or lower portion supertuberated, and 

 thus produced a second smaller tuber on its upper 



THE COTTAGE LOAF TUBER. 



surface; or the two tubers must have been brought into 

 such close contact with each other in an earlier period 

 of their growth as to unite by fission. 



The Dogfg;ie Tuber. Here we have a fairly good 

 representation of a small dog. It has at least two legs, 

 a truncated tail, and a head replete with ears and eyes. 

 It is the best example of a doggie tuber we have seen. 

 This monstrosity doubtless ow^es its origin to some check 

 to growth, which prevented the tuber making its normal 

 growth; or to wet weather following a dry period, thus 

 causing supertuberating to supervene. It is a very in- 

 teresting example of mimicry. 



