20J! SiSLF.paU^At^ATlNG POTATO 



This intert'uptioii of the seational order of gi'owth meanwhile 

 occasioned an extraordinary effi^ of self-propagation througli 

 the formation of eyes within, which in due time e^■inced 

 vitahty sufficient to rend the 2>arent-seed and emerge in the form 

 of young potatoes. This })rocess, natural or unnatural as one' 

 may view the ultimate end for which the seed exists, at length 

 originated a scheme by whicii the speculati\e gardener could 

 supply a succession of much i)rized " earlies " from September 

 onward to the beginning of the yeai', all that was needful to 

 success being the sei)aration of the seeds on a })latform or shelf 

 strewn with soil, and tlieir location in ai)artments screened 

 from the light. 



For the ckner illustration of this subject we are indebted 

 to the camera of Mr J. Hewat Craw, West Foulden. 



