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DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF POTATOES. 
buted its success in the situations under con- 
sideration. 
The Scotch Elm forms a noble addition to 
the few trees suited to grow by the sea-side . 
On untrenched soil this plant becomes bark- 
bound, and covered with lichen ; but, where 
its roots have liberty, it grows very rapidly. 
The Alder is also to be recommended in 
plantations adjacent to the sea. Damp or 
swampy land is usually planted with Alders, 
and it is sometimes thought that it delights 
only in such soil ; it is found, however, to 
grow luxuriantly in dry places, where the soil 
is loosened to the depth of two feet. 
The Birch, Larch, and Ash do not always 
refuse to grow by the sea ; and, with the aid 
of the Sallow for a few years to start them, 
I have found they succeed very well. 
Amongst evergreens, the best tree is the 
Pinus Pinaster minor, a more robust grower 
than the common Pinaster, with shorter and 
thicker foliage. It is plentiful in the exten- 
sive Pinaster plantations of Jack Petre, Esq., 
Westwick, Norfolk, and it is there called the 
false Pine, the common Pinaster being termed 
the true Pine. 
Very little inferior to the foregoing, as a 
maritime tree, is the Scotch Pine, P. sylvestris. 
Its wood is superior to that of the Pinaster, 
and, if the better variety, with red wood, is 
obtained, a more valuable tree can scarcely 
be had. 
Amongst shrubs, my experience is not so 
extensive. The following, however, I have 
proved to be fitted to stand the sea-air. The 
Elder, Snowberry, Berberry (Berberis Aqui- 
folium) and the common Broom. 
One other point has to be attended to, I 
mean the size of the plants. Cuttings of the 
Sallow will grow freely, and the other plants 
should not exceed four years in age. Plants 
which had been transplanted in the nursery 
the year previous to that in which they are 
used, are to be preferred to any others, for 
such are invariably furnished with small 
fibrous roots. 
"With such trees, planted at the proper 
season on well-trenched soil, I should have no 
fear of being able to raise plantations on the 
sea-coast, wherever there is any depth of soil. 
A beach of pure sand can never be made to 
bear any sort of ligneous vegetation ; but all 
other situations, and especially our watering- 
places, which now present a scene of frightful 
sterility, are quite capable of being made green 
and shady. I am aware that sea-side planting 
forms a work often undertaken, and as often 
unsuccessful ; but still, there is a way by 
which success is certain, for no tract of land 
can be more exposed, or nearer to the sea, 
than the " Boreas Plantation," now flourish- 
ing in defiance of those obstacles which, till 
lately, were considered insuperable. 
DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF POTATOES. 
EARLY VARIETIES. 
The Early Frame has moderate foliage, 
with roundish tubers, and a smooth skin. The 
flavour is very good ; and this variety is, 
perhaps, more grown in frames, &c. early in 
the season than any other. 
Fox's Seedling is a round potato, some- 
thing resembling the last, of good quality, and 
also much grown, but a bad cropper. 
Fox's Early Globe has light green foliage, 
round few-eyed tubers, which are mealy and 
good flavoured. 
Fox's Early Kidney has light green leaves, 
with long regular tubers, and a smooth skin, 
cooking well, and of good flavour. 
The Ash-leaved Kidney has pale narrow 
leaves, a tuber swelling regularly to a good 
size at the nose, smooth, and of most excellent 
flavour. Almost universally grown for forcing 
and the earliest out-door crop. 
The Early Manly has broad green foliage, 
round large white tubers, of excellent quality, 
and is very productive. A most valuable sort 
for a general early crop. 
The American Native, with upright, light 
green foliage, of vigorous growth, and roundish, 
rather flattened tubers ; white, and slightly- 
rough skin. An excellent variety for the table, 
although rather small. 
The Early Shaw has a strong rough foliage, 
of medium growth ; round, rather irregular 
shape, and roughish skin. A prolific sort, and 
very extensively grown near London, to sup- 
ply the markets early. 
Taylor's Forty/old has light green foliage, 
with oval, much-flattened tubers, of a dull red 
colour, mealy, and of very superior flavour. 
A good and very prolific variety. 
The Early Hetty has moderate dark green 
foliage, with roundish rather flattened smooth 
white tubers, of medium size, but producing 
large roots as a frame variety. One of the 
very best for frame growth, and for the first 
out- door crop ; extensively cultivated in 
Surrey. 
The Hopetoun Early is an early variety, 
with round tubers, of tolerable size, and ex- 
cellent flavour. 
The Ladies' Fingers, or Rufford Kidney, 
has deep-green foliage, and curved, kidney- 
shaped tubers, with a white skin. A good- 
flavoured, mealy, handsome-shaped sort. Highly 
prized in Lancashire as one of the earliest 
varieties. 
Soden's Early Oxford is a new variety, 
much grown and highly esteemed in the neigh- 
