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toes, relative to root, branch, leaf, bloſſom, or any other circumſtance that ſhall promiſe a more accurate diſcrimination. And another object deferving of attention is an experimental enquiry, which doss not ſeem hitherto to have been made, How far any ſorts of this root may be more peculiarly adapted to certain ſoils than other ſorts(c)? It is not the purpoſe of the Board to give any opinion on this ſubject; they wiſh only to report facts; and where theie appear to be inſufficient, to endeavour to excite the attention of thoſe practical men whoſe ſituation enables them to try the neceſſary experiments. It may probably be obſerved, that ſome of the contradictions that will be found in certain authorities, may, from this circumſtance, be more apparent than real.

(c) It is ſtated by Mr. MeCulloch, miniſter of Bothwell, in Clydeſdale, that a black or blackiſh red potatoe they have lately got in that part of Scotland, ſtands a clayey ſoil better than any other; and in the ſpring becomes dry and mealy.— M. Papers ef ize Board.