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3. A proper defeription of the different varieties of pota- 

 toes, which, in proportion to the length of the fummer in 

 Denmark, Norway, the Feroe iflcs and Iceland, might be 

 planted with the greateft advantage ; which can afford the 

 heft nourishment for men and cattle, and whether, when ufed 

 hi moderation, they are found and wholefome food ? 



4. A defeription of the different kinds of oats, and their 

 common varieties. Which of thefe, eonfidering the dif- 

 ference in the richnefs of the foil, and the greater or lefs 

 care pofiible to be employed in cultivating them, will be moft 

 beneficial to the Danifh provinces ? 



The papers muft contain a clear botanical definition of the 

 kinds mentioned. It will alio be agreeable to the Society, 

 if the author fend drawings of the varieties of the oats, 



5. Though the Royal Chamber of Finance fet on foot the 

 planting of young timber on the moors of Jutland, and the 

 Economical Society encouraged that undertaking by pre- 

 miums and other inducements, the Society docs not think 

 the following queftion fuperfluous : What means can be pro- 

 pofed for railing plantations of trees with the leaft expence, 

 and in the fureft and moft certain manner, on the heaths, 

 <moors, and other places unfit for corn land or meadows ? 



6. What are the kinds of grafs, befides red clover and rye- 

 grafs, which can be ufed in Denmark forfowing in the fields 

 and for improving the paftures ? 



The author muft give fuch a clear defeription of thefe 

 produclions as may be intelligible to farmers, together with 

 the Danifti and Linnean fyftematic names, and fubjoin the 

 different Danifti appellations under which they are known 

 to the country people. He muft defcribe alfo the method 

 of cultivating each kind; and if the plant be delineated in 

 the Flora Danica, be muft refer to the figure. He muft 

 likewife give the method of cultivating each plant; and where 

 that is unknown, by defcribing its duration, the time of its 

 blooming, the period of its maturity, and the foil it requires, 

 tndeavour to rcuder the farmer capable of cultivating it. 



7. The 



