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John W. Chambers, in behalf of William Kent, of Prospect Hill 

 Brooklyn, presented 16 potatoes, and the following account of their 

 growth. 



Mr. Wakeman moved that some of them, with the statement of 

 their growth, should be presented to the N£W Haven Horticultural 

 Society. 



Adopted unanimously. 



Mr. Chambers presented the following: 



Last March, Mr. J. D. Williamson presented to the New-York 

 Farmers' Club, some potatoes he procured from South America for 

 the purpose of introducing new seed from a distant country, free from 

 disease, where they grow wild. The white potatoes were cultivated 

 on the fields of Bogota for one season and were as large as pigeons' 

 eggs. 



The red ones came from the province of Choco, about 250 miles 

 from Bogota, and were aibout the same size. 



Mr. W. procured about two bushels, which have been distributed 

 throughout the United States. Mr. John S. Skinner, Editor of the 

 Farmers' Library, gave them the name of the " Williamson potato." 



A quantity of these potatoes were distributed at the Club with a 

 request that returns should be made of the success of their cultiva- 

 tion. 



Mr. William Kent, of Prospect Hill, Brooklyn, who has been most 

 successful in raising seedling Dahlias, which have taken premiums 

 at the Fairs of the Institute, was entrusted with eight. He has sent 

 us the following communication: 



•PROsptcT Hill, 

 Brooklyn, August 18th, 1847 



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By request of the American Institute, I send herewith one hill of 

 .potatoes from those I received from the Institute, and the mode I pur- 

 sued in relation to their culture. I placed them in a slight hot-bed 

 on the first of May, and when the buds got three inches long, I broke 

 them off and put them into pint pots, one in each pot, and on the 

 first of June I put them out, the 20 young shoots and the 8 original 

 potatoes, they being as sound as ever, and have all grown very strong. 



