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last March; the spring has been deplorable for vegetation, (spring 

 of '56,) all the plants suffered. My American potatoes, however, 

 produced superb plants, incomparably more vigorous than any 

 others, and gave me twelve for one — a great yield for so bad a 

 season. They were above the medium size, handsome and of good 

 quality. 



I kept them all, have planted them this spring, and I am impa- 

 tient to see the result of this second generation. Nothing deserves 

 your attention more than the re-acclimation of the potato. Per- 

 haps this precious plant, taken anew from its native land — the 

 high plateaux of the Cordilleras' of the Andes, near Santa-Fe-de- 

 Bogota — may again restore to Europe, its original powers of pro- 

 duction. 



These views of Mr. D'lvernois, were approved by many mem- 

 bers, and Mons.Drouin de L'Huys, Vice-President, Mons. Moquin 

 Tandon, and Mons. Cosson, were charged with the project of im- 

 portation of the original potatoes, on a sufficiently large scale. 



CERFEUIL EULBEUX. 



This plant is one of the apiacece, of Lindley. The ancients 

 used to grow it as we do celery. 



" This bulbous chervil is new, and we call your attention to it. 

 Linnseus called it Chcsrophy limn hulhosum ; is found in many parts 

 of Europe, and seems very appropriate to Alsace. It has long 

 been used in Hungary, and in some parts of Germany, for food. 

 It was presented to us(Erance) in 1842. Mons. Vilmorin did not 

 admire it, but you, gentlemen, who have tasted it, can say that 

 there is hardly one vegetable on our tables of a finer, sweeter and 

 more agreeable relish. It is one of the most digestible of vege- 

 tables. The bulbs vary in size. Mons. Vivet, in 1856, raised 

 them of the weight of two hundred grammes, and more, each. 

 They resemble our early short carrots in form. They grow well 

 in almost every soil; want manure, and love lands that are not 

 too dry. We take the seeds as soon as they ripen, in the last of 

 August or in September, and sow them. If sown in the spring, 

 they do nothing that year. It may be sown broad-cast, and har- 

 rowed in lightly. Must not be sown too thick. Cultivate it iu 



