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"injurious to Fruit Trees;" and, in 1814, ano- 

 ther, on " Vulgar Errors among Gardeners, 

 " respecting Insects being destroyed by Cold ;" 

 both of which were printed in the Transactions 

 of the Horticultural Society.* His "Objections 

 " against the Corn Bill refuted; and the necessity 

 " of this measure to the vital interests of every 

 " class of the community, demonstrated, " written 

 while he was President of the Holderness Agri- 

 cultural Society, appeared before the public in 

 1815 ; and, in 1822, that pamphlet, with " Britain 

 " independent of Commerce," and " Agriculture 

 " the source of the Wealth of Britain," were pub- 

 lished in one octavo volume, with the addition of 

 the authors " Speech on the East-India Trade, 

 " with prefatory Remarks on the causes and cure 

 " of our present Distresses, as originating from 

 " neglect of principles laid down in these" [the 

 preceding] " works." The most popular and 

 interesting of Mr. Spence's publications is one 

 which he brought out in conjunction with his 

 friend, the Rev. WILLIAM KIRBY, B.A., F.R. and 

 L.S , and of which the first volume appeared in 

 1815, under the title of " Introduction to Ento- 

 " mology ; or Elements of the Natural History 

 " of Insects/' The second volume was published 

 in 1817, but the completion of the work was 

 delayed on account of the continued indisposition 



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