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set or cutting being the last, and producing a less 

 quantity than the other sets." 



The sanje result has been noticed in this country, 

 and the fact should be more generally known. A 

 correspondent of the Farmer and Gardener says : 



" I caused a large square of ground to be prepared 

 in my garden, and laid out in four long beds, all well 

 manured. In one of these beds I planted the top or 

 crown of the potatoes (Mercer variety), in the next 

 the sides, and in the last two, the crowns and sides 

 promiscuously. The crowns are all up, and look 

 very flourishing, being eight inches high. On ex- 

 amining the bed in which the sides were planted, I 

 find them just sprouting, being about one inch from 

 the bulb, but the surface of the ground having no 

 appearance of vegetation whatever. The other two 

 beds have come up as they were planted, promiscu- 

 ously, presenting a very irregular appearance, some 

 of the shoots being eight inches high, while others 

 have not yet made their way through the earth." 



Another interesting experiment, to determine not 

 only the comparative value of whole roots and cut- 

 tings for planting, but the most suitable distance for 

 the sets, was conducted by Dr. Lindley for the Lon- 

 don Horticultural Society, with the following results : 



This experiment would seem to go far in deter- 

 mining two things, viz., that sets are more valuable, 

 in comparison, than tubers, and that the most proper 

 distance of planting must be determined by the height 

 to which the stems of the variety planted usually 

 grow, which in this case was about two fe( t. 



