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In 1783 the Society in London for the Encourage- 

 ment of Arts and Manufactures offered a gold medal to 

 any person who should plant within one year 500 

 larches, from two to four years old, at distances from 

 one another of five feet ; and a silver medal to any 

 person who should under the same conditions plant 

 300 larches. In 1788 the Bishop of Llandaff, who 

 had by that time planted 48,500 larches in 18 im- 

 perial acres, or at distances from one another of four 

 feet, appeared as the first claimant of the premium. 

 In 1790 Mr. G. Wright, of Yorkshire, who had planted 

 11,573 larches in 3f acres, or at distances from one 

 another of about 3 feet 9 inches, obtained the silver 

 medal. In 1794 the Eev. Mr. Whittaker, of York- 

 shire, who had planted 64, 1 3 5 larches, of from two to 

 four years old, on 24 acres, or at distances from one 

 another of about four feet, obtained the gold medal. In 

 1798 Mr. Sneyd, of Belmont, in Staffordshire, who 

 had planted on 5 J- acres, or at distances from one 

 another of about 4i feet, 6000 larches of four years 

 old, and 6000 of three years old, also obtained the 

 gold medal. In 1800 J. Jones, Esq., of Hafod, in 

 Cardiganshire, who had planted 300,000 two-year old 

 seedling larches, at distances from one another of two 

 feet; 85,000 one-year transplanted larches, at dis- 

 tances from one another of 2 J feet; and 15,000 

 three-year transplanted larches, at distances from one 

 another of 3J feet, — in all, 400,000 larches, on a 

 surface of 44 acres, likewise obtained the gold medal. 

 During the twenty-two years which followed the offer 



