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sort for growing under hand-glasses, as it can be cut from them early in May in 
favourable springs. 
Of the new varieties of American Potatos lately sent out at high prices, the 
Snowflake seems to be most approved of, for its fine shape and good cropping 
qualities. The Extra Early Vermont has been likewise grown to some extent, 
but like the Early Pose section, it has an objectionable flavour in some soils. Of 
all the American Potatos grown by me. Climax has proved the best for table use, 
and it is likewise a prolific cropper, and can be grown early enough to escape the 
disease. Last year all these American kinds, where not planted, and lifted early, 
were as much attacked by the fungus as our own; and they are said by some 
growers to deteriorate if not grown from imported tubers—which opinion is 
doubtless mostly favoured by the importers. I see that Potato seed raised from 
the American kinds in America is advertised for sale in England, but I should 
rather prefer sowing seeds obtained from our own varieties, and especially some 
of M?. Fenn’s saving.— -William Tillery, Welheck. 
BOUQUETS IN WATER. 
T may not be generally known that flowers, singly or in Bouquets, may be 
preserved in all their .freshness and beauty for a considerable period by 
keeping them entirely in water, in which manner they form a very pleasing 
ornament for a window, as they require plenty of light. 
