St J 4 Qu(/Hon on Vegefatlon, ^c. 



not be made but in winter, the memoirs will be received till 

 ^the 15th of Meffidor, year 10. The Inftitute will proclaim 

 * the piece which ftall be thought worthy of the prize in it;* 



public fitting of Vcndemiaire, year 11. 



II, The Clafs propofed alfo in the year 6, as the fubjeft 

 of a prize, to be determined in the public fitting of Germi- 

 nal, year 8, the following quefliion : 



*' To endeavour to afcertain, by accurate experiment?, 

 what influence atmofpheric air, light, water, and earth, have 

 on vegetation." 



Though no memoir has been received on this interefiing 

 queftion, the Clafs has thought proper to propofe it again ; 

 but as the dififerent labours neceflary to refolve it completel} 

 would require many experiments and cnnfiderable time; and 

 as it can hardly be expe£led that all the information which 

 may be wiflied for can be obtained from the competitors in 

 the courfe of the new term propofed, the Clafs has decreed, 

 that if memoirs in which the quefiion is treated in its full. 

 extent be not received, it will grant the prize to that which 

 {hall contain a feries of experiments, facts, and obfervations, 

 that fhall appear calculated to augment the knowledge al- 

 ready acquired in regard to fome parts of the queftion. 



The prize will be a medal of the value of a kilogramme, 

 and will be decreed in the public fitting of the 15th of Mef- 

 fidor, year 10. The papers muft be fcnt in before the ift of 

 Nivofe, year 10. 



III. " What are the charafters which diftinguifli in ani^ 

 nial and vegetable fubftances thofe which ferve as ferment, 

 from thofe in which they produce fermentation ?" 



The prize will be a gold medal of the value of a kilo- 

 gramme, and will be decreed in the public fitting of the 

 15th of Germinal, year tc. The papers muft be fent in 

 before the ift of Nivofe the fame year. 



CLASS OF LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS. 



" To analyfe the relation which fubfifts between mufic 

 and declamation." 



" To determine the means of applying declamatioa to- 

 mufic without injuring melodv." 



The 



