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Wheat of India. hySir- J. BANKS, Bart* 3. On 

 the cullivation cf the Sea Kale, by Mr- J .MAHEU. 



4, Some hints respecting the proper mode of iruiring 

 tender plants to our climate- by Sir J.BANKS, Bart. 



5. On a variety of the Brassica Napus, or Rape, 

 which has lonj been cultivated on tiio Continent. Mr. 

 JAMES DICKSON. V. l\ II. S f G. Ohservafions 

 on (he method of pradncing" now and early Fruits. 

 by T. A. KNIGHT. Esq. 7. On the cultivation of 

 the Polianthis Tubero^a, or Tuber(>se, with its Bo- 

 tanical description and fii;iuri'. by R- \- SALISBURY, 

 Esq. 8. On the reNival of an obsulele mode of 



• It wouUl approach to i;iTrntitalc not to take more particular notice of 

 thi? iiniver-nl pitron ofthe Art-; an 1 Sciences. Sill JOSKPH BA\F<S, 

 was born at llevesby Abbay, tha seat of his fathsr ia Li^cohl^h;re, in 1713. 

 llewas oJucatid at EtonanJ Oxford, wliicli University he left in 1T(JI, on 

 thedeith of his father, lie thus inherited an ample fortunp, yet the active 

 pursuit of Scientific Di-coveries w is more t:) his ta'.te thui lit 'ra y ease. In 

 1163 he ma le a voya^fe to Labrador nn I Ne.vfoun llan 1. In ITfiS he went 

 rouul tha world witli Cook, an 1 in 1*72 he made a voya:je to Iceland and 

 the Western Islas ofScotluil. Nituril History wi^ the fjvourite of his 

 Sjientific Studies, and every department of if wis enriched by his researche-. 

 In 1771 he was elected L.L. D. at Oxford. In 1776 he was create 1 a 

 Kn'ght of the Bath, an I chosen t) the Presidency ofthe lloyal Society, and 

 thr.>e years aftersvards he wis mide a IJaronet. He at first ■jive much dis- 

 safisfiction to some of the Members of the lloyal Society, so as nearly to 

 cause it t > di\ i 1 >, but it i-r idually passed awiy, an I frjm th it time until his 

 dnth, MnyQth l^.-O, he was universally hailed as a munificent friend of 

 Science and Literature. 



+ MR. JAMES DICKSON, F. L- S. was born at Kirk House, Pee- 

 ble^hlre, in 173i. He was first instructed in Gardening, in tlie darJen of 

 the Karl of Tra ruhair ; he afterwards wus employed in the Bronipton Nur- 

 sery then kept by Mr JefTery. He acted as head Gardener in several f imi- 

 lies until 17^2, when he founded the herb and seed shop in Covent Girdeu so 

 well known under the name of Dickson and Ander.-on. He was one of th« 

 ftr^t Mamb*rs both ofths Linn»anand HorticuUural Societic.. Of iha lai- 



