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PLANTING THE SHOOTsS.

This practice, whieh is not unknown in England, having been formerly attempted, has received particular attention from the Dublin Society; who have printed and publiſhed a Memoir on the fubject, containing Dr. Maun- ſel's experiments, in this method, and a great variety of teſtimonies in its favour. Every perſon knows, that in the ſpring, potatoes ſhoot out, and that in ſtirring, moving, or cutting flices, many of theſe fhoots fall off, and are commonly thrown away. They may, however, be preſerved and Flanted with ſucceſs, inſtead of euttings; by which means there is a ſfaving of all the expence of ſeed.