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they will designate the Trees, Grasses, and other Plants, 

 and especially those cultivated, on which the Season has 

 had either beneficial or injurious influence, and the local 

 situations in which it has operated more or less pernici- 

 ously, with the view to ascertain (among other beneficial 

 results) the hardy or tender Grains, Grasses, or Plants, 

 most proper for situations exposed to droughts, wet, or 

 frost. In their inquiries, they will endeavour to discover 

 the stages of growth in which cultivated crops have been 

 more or less affected, and the state of products both of 

 Grains, Grasses, and Fruit. The addition of any facts, 

 as to insects and vermin usually or occasionally preying 

 on cultivated plants, and whether more or less injury has 

 been done by them in this, than in ordinary seasons, would 

 also be useful. The result of such inquiries to be drawn 

 into the form of a report, to be made by the Curators at 

 our annual Meeting in January next, subjoining such 

 observations as they shall deem proper to furnish, n©t 

 only with the view to present information, but to record, 

 for future instruction, the uncommon occurrences, and 

 the consequences attending them, which have marked 

 this anomalous period. 



Published by order of the Society. 



RICHARD PETERS, President 

 ROBERTS VAUX, Secretary." 



