CONTENTS, 



Page. 



XLV. Observatiaiis'on the pea Jiy or beetle and fruit 

 curculio^ by William Bartram, - - 317 



XL VI. 0?i clearing land, by John Taylor, Esq, of 

 Caroline, Virginia, ----- 324 



A statistical account of the Schuylkill Permanent Bridge, 

 Communicated to the Philadelphia Society of Agricul- 

 ture, 1806. 



SELECTIONS IN APPENDIX. 



I. On smut in wheat, - - - - 1 



II. On blight, - - - - 3 



III. On the fax husbandry of Ireland, - - 8 



IV. Change of seed not necessary to prevent degene- 

 racy, naturalization of plants, and important cau- 

 tion to secure permanent good quality of plants, 11 



V. Produce of grains in 1787 and 1788, - 19 



VI. Produce of land, in 1787, - - - 20 



VII. On hedges, by Thomas Main, of Georgetown, 

 Potomac, - - - - - 21 



VIII. Mode of plashing hedges, - - - 25 

 TX. Analysis of soils, and modes of discovering their 



component parts, ----- 27 

 X. Utility of Pyrites as a manure^ - - 33 



XL On the Fruit Curcidio, ^ - - - 34 



