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easy : the berries being collected when 

 ripe, should be preserved in dry sand, until 

 the following spring, when they should be 

 rubbed with chaff or sand, to separate the 

 seeds, and sown in light mould and a warm 

 situation. When the plants have grown a 

 few inches out of the earth, they should be 

 transplanted into a second bed, at a proper 

 distance ; or as many should be removed as 

 would be too close to each other. In the 

 autumn, small potatoes will be found at- 

 tached to these plants ; and in every succeed- 

 ing year the size will be observed to in- 

 crease. 



The red potatoe, which has a purple 

 flower, is considered a distinct variety from 

 those which have a white skin and a white 

 flower. 



The Horticultural Society, whose exertions 

 have so eminently benefited their country, 

 no sooner heard of the root called Arracacha, 

 which is said to grow in New Grenada, in 

 South America, than arrangements were 

 made to bring this vegetable to England. It 

 is said to be as sweet as chesnuts, and far su- 

 perior to the potatoe in taste, usefulness, and 

 production. From inquiries which we have 

 made respecting this useful root, we may an- 



