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become close and waxy. It is best to let them rot before storing them away. 
Those intended for seed I allow to lie on the ground till they become green. 
I find it best not to cut Kidney Potatoes at all for seed, but to give them more 
room in proportion to their size. Kidney Potatoes, especially "Walnut-leaved 
ones, should be suffered to sprout the length of a barleycorn before planting, 
and they should not be covered deeply. If these two things are not attended 
to, some sorts, such as the Birmingham Prizetaker, will not come up regularly. 
I have a splendid crop of Potatoes of all kinds. 1 have some capital sorts, 
and hardly know which to give up, though I see no use in having so many ; 
they lead to confusion. 
These I have used already, and they are superexcellent—viz., Koval Ash* 
leaf, Dalmahoys, Ked Ashleaf, Yorkshire Hero, an unnamed Yorkshire seedling. 
Glory of Yorkshire, and Almond’s Seedling. The last four were kindly sent 
to me by Mr. Taylor, of Fencote, Bedale, Yorkshire. The unnamed seedling 
I am eating now (October 7th), and it is equal to the old Ashleaf. The York-' 
shire Hero I can strongly and universally recommend. They are 4s. a-bushel, 
I have, besides the above, the Scotch Dons, Ked Kobins, Salmon Kidneys, and 
Old Grammars. The last two are the latest, and capital keepers. I have 
heavy crops of both sorts. The last-is a large, deep-eyed, round Potato; thfc 
Salmon Kidneys need no comment. They are equal to anything. 
Out of the above lot, your readers will do well to select the Royal Ashleaf* 
Dalmahoy, Yorkshire Hero, Ked Robin (good till Christmas), Salmon Kidney, 
and Old Grammars. For large families I recommend highly the Scotch Dons. 
The Old Grammars are in some places called Rough Reds. I once took up 
12 lbs. of tubers from one plant, and sent them to the Blandford Exhibition. 
The Scotch Dons I bought of Lord Portman’s steward. 
With regard to sorts taking the disease, I see but little difference. Plant 
first early sorts; this is your best chance. It is curious that whilst all the 
Potatoes this spring in the neighbourhood were cut to the earth and blackened 
by frost, my Potatoes, some of which were a foot high, -were not even singed. 
I am still as much puzzled as ever by the Potato disease. Every theory I have 
formed has been knocked over. I am just going (October 7th) to fork up my 
crops. 
Okeford Fitzpaine. W. F. RABCLTEFBy 
TRQPiEOLUMS* 
These constitute a most useful tribe of bedding plants: I allude to the 
dwarf varieties. Their growth is close and compact, they bloom very freely, 
and are easily propagated and preserved. King of Tom Thumbs has proved a 
great acquisition to this useful class, as the flowers are freely produced, and 
of an intense dark scarlet; the foliage, also, being of a very dark green, is a 
pleasing contrast to the brilliancy of the flowers. Elegans is so well known as 
to need no description. It has gained a wide notoriety from being so largely 
employed at the Crystal Palace. The habit is very dwarf, and it is a freo 
and continuous bloomer. Eclipse is of the same habit as Elegans, but is of an 
intense scarlet colour, and has a telling effect in a mass, having a vividness not 
possessed by its more sober colleague Elegans. Garibaldi is also a good bedder. 
It is of a dark orange scarlet colour, and blooms very freely. Meteor produees 
a profusion of rich dark crimson flowers, and is of good habit. The old 
Catt ell’s Crimson, Cattell’s Scarlet, Scarlet Tom Thumb, and the Yellow Tom 
Thumb, are also very useful, indeed, but the last will never make a good, 
much less a sufficient, substitute for the Yellow Calceolaria. I saw growing 
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