Mr. C. B. Paddock, Albany, Whiteside county, 111., says: "I would add my mite concerning the blossoming of sweet potatoes, as I have not seen any account of their blooming so far north (nearly the 42nd degree of north latitude). About eight years ago I had plants of several varieties, from a party in Champaign county, I think, in this State, and there were two or three varieties of red sweet potatoes and these red kinds had many flowers, usually white or whitish, with more or less of pale violet on the lower part or base of tube; the tube being longer than in Morning Glory, more nearly like Stramonium; the Nansemond and other yellow kinds did not blossom, nor have I ever seen any of the flowers except that one season".