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the decay of their stems and leaves, until you 
have dug up the whole, taking, however, as 
much notice of the latest as of the earliest, 
because the capacity to withstand cold and 
frost is one of the most valuable qualities we 
could produce, were it possible to do so ; and 
although there is not the slightest probability 
of accomplishing this to any vast extent, it is 
certain that we already possess some that stand 
cold better than others, and that there may 
yet be an increase, however small, in this 
desirable capacity. We will suppose now that 
all the produce that we intend to try again, is, 
after proper drying, placed away separately, 
with the dates of their digging, and any 
memorandum as to habit of growth that the 
cultivator thinks proper to add. They must 
be kept dry and cool, but thoroughly protected 
from frost, and be examined from time to 
time, to see that the eyes do not push to any 
extent. When they indicate growth is the 
time to plant them, no matter what the season 
be : let there be a good four inches covered 
over their highest part, and put the sets in 
whole and two feet apart ; let there be a large 
label (numbered so as to refer to the descrip- 
tion) placed in the ground, and beginning 
with the largest plant, or with the next largest, 
until all that sort is done ; then put the label 
of the next sort down, and do the same with 
it, and so on until the whole are planted. If 
there is from the early planting any danger of 
frost, that would penetrate four inches, to 
reach the tuber, cover the row with peas 
haulm, which may be kept in its place by 
means of a double row of stakes, to keep 
it from being blown away. It must come 
off again in mild weather, and especially if 
any are showing above ground, and be put on 
again at night. All this trouble would not be 
rewarded by any ordinary crop of Potatoes, 
but some of them may be the origin of new 
and popular varieties, which it is impossible 
to value too highly, and therefore, as in the 
raising, they may well reward us for the extra 
cost, whether of labour, or money, or both. It 
must be remembered that all are not to be 
planted at once, — those which start their buds 
should be got into the ground as soon as they 
start, but as others come forward, they ought to 
be attended to in turn. It would be wise, on 
the occasion of planting, to put a date on the 
labels, and make memorandums in the same 
way as they were made on taking up. It will 
occur, perhaps, that some will be six weeks 
later planted than the first ; but this should be 
observed. All Potatoes which are being tried, 
should be planted as soon as they begin to 
grow, and not sooner. They should also be 
dug up as soon as the haulm turns yellow and 
decays, and not sooner. When, therefore, 
you observe any of them turning yellow and 
decaying, dig up the sort, and the produce 
will convince you whether they are worth 
keeping. If they retain that characteristic for 
which they were sown, cook one or two to 
taste them, and supposing them to be good, 
lay them by for propagating to the fullest ex- 
tent. Go through all of them as they decay 
in like manner, and if desirable, take other 
opinions, before you have too much trouble 
with them. He who can afford to take the 
trouble, will be highly gratified, because he is 
able the first year to reject all that are not 
exactly what he wants. When trusting to seed 
in the open air, they do not bring the first 
season any thing like fair samples of any of 
the produce. We dismiss this subject for the 
present ; it may be the means of inducing some 
amateur to try an experiment, which will 
afford much interest, and it may be, that some 
splendid improvement upon the Potatoes we 
now possess will result ; and while we contend 
that the Potato has not deteriorated, and will 
not deteriorate under proper management, we 
hesitate not to recommend the raising of new 
varieties from seed, until we can say we pos- 
sess early, late, prolific, well-flavoured varie- 
ties, which cannot be beaten. 
ANEMONE JAPONICA. 
(Sielold.) 
THE JAPANESE WIND-FLOWER. 
Tnis is a very vigorous-growing, herbaceous 
perennial, of great beautv. It has the kind of 
compound, ternate, lobed leaves, possessed by 
many of the Anemones, but in this case they 
are large, and coarse, and unequally serrated 
on the margin. It grows two feet high, or 
