Were it In my power to communicate to the So- 

 ciety the refult of adlual experiment, it would doubt- 

 lefs be more fatisfadory. They will, however, I 

 am perfuaded, accept of thefe hints, at lead as an 

 earned of my defirc to be ferviceable. Should they 

 only tend to awaken the attention of the induftrious 

 hufbandman, or to excite the curiofity of fome other 

 enquirer, who has more leifure and greater abilities, 

 I fhall have the fatisfaftion of thinking that my fpe- 

 culations, however imperfedt, are not entirely ufelefs, 



I am> Sir, 



Your very humble fervant, 



BENJAMIN PRICE. 

 Salijlury, Dec, 3, 1779. 



Article XLVIL 



On the Mode of Cultivating and Curing the 

 Rheum PalmatU7n^ or Trite Rhubarb. 



Gbntlem^, 



A S the true Rhubarb of the fhops Is a very 



•^ ^ valuable drug in medicine, and, confidered 



as an article of foreign commerce, very expenfivej 



I would beg leave to propofc to the Society at 



Na Bath. 



