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Article XI. 



From the Rev. Mr. Swayne, of Pucklechurch, Glocefler- 

 Jhire> with Specimencs of Grafs Seeds. 



Mr. Rack, 



THE parcels which accompany this contain a 

 quantity of the fine Bent Grafs feed in the 

 blade, and a little of the Crefted Dog's-tail; which, 

 with what I have before tranfmitted to you, com- 

 plete a fmall collection of the grafs feeds, for 

 which a premium has been offered by the Society 

 for thefe three years pad. 



The difficulty of collecting them has been 

 much greater than I at fird apprehended. But as 

 a feparate cultivation of the good grades appears 

 to me to be a great dedderatum in the fydem of 

 agricultural improvements, and as the Society 

 had hitherto failed of obtaining any feed to be- 

 gin their experiments with, I was determined to 

 procure, this feafon, if poflible, fome feed of each 

 of the forts advertifed in the Society's lift. 



In this purfuit, from the earlieft part of the 

 fpring, I made my obfervations on the feveral 

 grades, as they occurred to me in my walks about 



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