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[N. B. The Society return their thanks to Mr. Kirk- 

 Patrick, both for his letter, and for the inftrument he Co 

 accurately defcribes the ufe of. If he would favour them 

 with an account of the mode of hufbandry praclifed by the 

 bed farmers in the Ifle of Wight, it would ba efteemcd an 

 additional obligation.] 



Article XVIII. 

 On the Cultivation of Broad Clover. 



SIR, Co/fieM, near Leith, Dec. 9, 1786. 



f AM duly favoured with your obliging letter of 

 •* the 5th inft. and fhall be glad if the little that 

 I have been able as yet to do, refpe&ing the cul- 

 ture of potatoes, fhould prove the means of ftimu- 

 lating others, who have better opportunities, and 

 greater abilities than myfelf, to attend, in a more 

 particular manner than has yet been done, to the 

 culture of this truly valuable plant. 



It would give me a particular pleafure, if I could 

 communicate to your fociety any thing that fhould 

 deferve attention, refpe&ing the difeafe you take 

 notice of, affecting Broad Clover. But as nothing 

 mw on the fubject has occurred in this part of the 

 world, I cannot pretend to offer any conjectures as 

 to the caufe, or hints for the remedy of that dif- 

 0^2 order. 



