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effected by growing it in dry places, from a shoot or cutting 

 of the stem, or small piece of sound potatoe, by applying to it 

 but little manure, plenty of light, and selecting a sandy or 

 peaty soil, and warm situation, the object being to obtain a 

 sufficiency of leaves to develope fibre, and to repress over- 

 abundant and very rapid growth. 



(18.) Above all things we should take care, as far as 

 possible, that the fibre is deposited in the plant at a period 

 of the year before the insect becomes very abundant. 



(19.) The potatoe plant is a plant of indolence, and 

 politically injurious to the community when extensively 

 employed, and the excessive cultivation of this esculent 

 may cause alarming famines. 



It has great advantages, however, from the quantity of 

 nourishment which may be raised in a given space, and 

 because it affords every material requisite for nutrition. 



