186 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 best known, such as the Doyenne, the Crassane, the win- 
ter and summer Bon Chretien, the Beurre, the Virgouleuse, &c. in 
pears; the Cavilles, the Reinettes, the Api, the Fenouillet, in apples; 
the Reine Claude, the Mirabelle, &c.; in plums, &c. 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 Royai, 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 fruitsto 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.—.4nn. de U'Instit. royal hor- 
ticole de Fromont. 
Translated by Prof. J. Griscom. 
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network, cordage and coarse cloth.—The lixivium of oak bark has 
