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though not all, varieties of Potatos bear freely. Before de- 
scribing the berries and the seeds they contain, I give an 
illustration (No. 4) of the well-known Potato flower. 
Illustrations Nos. 5, 6, and 7 show some of the berries in their 
natural condition, and others cut to display the arrangement of 
the seeds within the berries. A berry may contain from 100 to 
300 seeds, the average of five berries examined being 282, and as 
No. 7.— Potato Berry slukd. ^J-'.nlahc.ki).) 
Fig. HC). 
the parent plant appears able to control but slightly tlie dis- 
tinctive character of its prog(>ny, and as all the dilforent seeds 
from one potato berry may produce plants dilfering from one 
another, not only in form, but many of them in colour also, it is 
here we find the great possibihties for improving the race by 
selection of th(! better seedhngs. Iwen if no cross fertilisation 
of flowers was attempted, great improvement might be made by 
the selection of the most promising seedlings during tlie first 
