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Article VI. 



On Accuracy in the Cbara£feriftick Dijlin^iovs 

 of Plants, 6ff . 



To THE Secretary. 

 Dear Sir, 



T N almoft all the communications of new difco- 

 ^ veries and experiments, particularly in agricul- 

 ture, it has been obferved, that the firft publifhers 

 of them are fo apt to fee, and reprefent them in a 

 flattering light, that the public, perpetually deceived 

 and difappointed in their high-raifed expedlations, 

 becomes fceptical, and even averfe to all trial of 

 them. Would Gentlemen, therefore, be fatisfied, 

 with barely relating, and with due precifion mark- 

 ing, the feveral refpedlive difadvantages, as well as 

 the advantages attending the culture of the particu- 

 lar plants they judge proper to recommend to no- 

 tice, we fhould much feldomer hear the reproachful 

 terms of fpeculative and vifionary triflers bellowed 

 upon them. . What has led me to make the above 

 remark, is, that amongft all the plants lately re- 

 commended for the winter food of cattle, (to 

 wit, the Mangel- Wurzel, Turnip-rooted Cabbage, 

 Ruta-Baga, Mowing-Cabbage, and Cow-Cabbage) 

 none of their particular properties |iave been fo dif- 



criminatcd 



