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Turkey, and fuperior to the Eaft -Indian.-— Th^ 

 finell of the powcjer was not diftinguifhable from tho 

 Turkey, and fuperior alfo to the Eaft-Indian. 



1 tried its purgative virtue in feveral inftances : 

 and another gentleman, to whom I gave fome of 

 it, tried it alfo in feveral other cafes. We agreed 

 perfectly in our account, that its operation was, in 

 every refped, fuch as might be expedled from the 

 bed foreign Rhubarb, 



Finally -, I think the fpecimens fhewn to me arc 

 extremely good in their kind, very little (if at all) 

 inferior to the bed brought from Ruflla or Turkey, 

 and fully fufficient to fupply the place of foreign 

 Rhulparb. W. F, 



Article LVII. 



Ohfervations on the befl Method of dejlroying 

 Vermin^ and preventing the deftruBion of 

 young Turnips by the Fly. 



T Beg leave to offer to the Society an account of 



a few trials I have made to prevent the deftruc- 



tion of feed, and fpringing grain, pulfe, &c. by 



vermin of different kinds. I am not excited tp 



write 



