18G Miscellanies. 



2. They ought to select, in making the experiments, those fruits 

 which are the most esteemed, and those whose distinctive charac- 

 ters are the hest known, such as the Doyenne, the Crassane, the win- 

 ter and summer Bon Chretien, the Beurre, the Virgouleuse, &c. in 

 pears; theCavilles, the Reinettes, theApi, the Fenouillet, in apples; 

 the Reine Claude, the Mirabelle, he. ; in plums, foe. The number 

 of the individuals of each species subjected to experiment ought to be 



at least fifty. 



3. In 1834, they will be required to prove, the state and number 

 of the trees proceeding from their seeds, by the commissioners of 

 the Royal, and Central Society of Agriculture ; or by the correspon- 

 dents of this Society, and the members of the Societies of Agricul- 

 ture of the cities of the departments, in the case where the experi- 

 ments are made at a distance of more than six leagues from Paris. 



4. In the interval of the years 1836 and 1839 the same formality 

 must be observed for proving the number of the trees taken from the 

 nursery and transplanted, in indicating also as exactly as possible, the 

 nature of the earth into which they have been transplanted, and the 

 particular care given to their culture, 



5. Before the end of the month of December 1847, the competi- 

 tors must send their memoirs, containing a description of the trees 

 and the fruits which they have produced, and as far as that will be 

 possible will present these fruits to the Society, conforming themselves, 

 besides, to the general condition of the meeting. 



6. In anticipation of the year 1848, and to sustain the zeal of the 

 competitors, there will be awarded in 1834, a first prize, consisting 

 in a medal of gold bearing the impression " Olivier de Serves," and 

 for the second prize, a grand medal of silver, to those who will offer 

 to the commissaries of the Royal and Central Agricultural Society 

 or to those of the cities of the departments^ the finest and the largest 

 plants from their seeds. 



7. In 1839, it will award anew, two medals, the one of gold, the 

 other of silver, as in 1834, to the competitors who will present to the 

 judgment of the commissaries of the Society, their experiment and its 

 products, in the most satisfactory state. — Ann. de Plnstit. royal hor- 

 ticole de Fromont. 



Translated by Prrf. J. Griscom. 



4. Easy method of giving greater strength and firmness to thread, 

 network^ cordage and coarse cloth. — The lixivium of oak bark has 



