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IAN TUBEROSE ROOTS.— 



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SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1849. 



lore or less successful ; or, for Great Britain 265 

 uses, of which 49 were instances of large loss. 

 In April planting the proportion of bad cases 



>ss against 91°of little or no dilate? S^L^IS 

 gainst 91 ; Ireland 10 against 9 ; and Wales 5 

 ? ainst 5 ; or for England, Ireland, and Wales 147 

 ases of great loss against 10.3 of escape or incon- 

 derable loss. In Scotland the little disadvantage 

 (tending April planting is explained by the northern 



May and June may be taken toother • and here 

 ie proportion of bad cases rapidly increases. In 

 ngiand. out of 155 returns, Ifil speak of large 



Wales 11 against 8; or for the United. Kin-do. 

 Potato planting in May and June produces 1( 

 instances of large loss against only C7 ca-es of cor 



The foregoing calculatio 



m^ea-k, it is desirable to pass by for the pre 

 dl speculative opinions, and to confine attentio 

 he facts which have been elicited. Hereaftei 

 nay proceed to theory* For to-day two pc 



January, has been 



\, rilil ; 



mrtially practise 





•eported upon, it 





64 English return 



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jrcat Iocs. Mr. > 





his October plant 



".'''"I 



don, near Dei 



planted in > 



■ilfor.l Kidneys were hardly 

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and it appears that those months have 

 ghly advantageous. In England only 

 are reported out of 118, 1 out of 20 in 

 ™e in Wales ; in Scotland no planting 

 ake place in these early months. Upon 

 we find that out of 142 "trials of January 



ng about 71 per cent, in March, 14 per cent, in 

 iril ; for that country the May crops known only 

 the most northerly "districts, may be unregarded. 



•eported upon. The numbers will 



Jan.. leh. 

 March ... 

 April ... 



M,v and Ju 



declared they had seen the fact, thai 



"Sir," said a friend of ours to a stout g( 

 pany with your large paunch ; and do you the; 



