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seek. Unfortunately, he says, they are not always able to profit 
m France by progress realised in England, because the French 
have a marked preference for Potatos with yellow flesh, whereas 
in England, for many years past, there has been a preference for 
white-fleshed Potatos. On this account even the celebrated 
Magnum Bonum, which my house had the honour of introducing 
in 187(), after having enjoyed a brief popularity in the Paris 
markets, has been almost abandoned as a table variety on 
account of the flesh being too pale in colour. M. Vilmorin 
remarks that in Germany considerable attention has been given 
to the raising of seed Potatos, and more particularly with the 
No. 10. — Lnnku Surface of Anthers siiowiNci Pollen. (Enlaiuied.) 
Fig. 38. 
object of obtaining varieties which are specially adapted for the 
production of alcohol and starch. 
Illustration No. 8 shows the Potato flower with the anthers 
removed, leaving only the pistil. In artificial crossing it is 
necessary to remove the anthers at a very early stage, to prevent 
tlie pistil being impregnated with pollen from its own anthers. 
illustration No. {) shows the arrangement of anthers around 
the stigma, both closed and expanded. 
No. 10 exhibits the inner surface of three anthers and their 
pollen. 
No. 11 is a photograph of a Potato seedling at the end of 
