356 
The following year, the same Mr. Jones had a reward of thirty guineas 
from the Society, for having raised and planted three thousand and forty 
plants of the true Rhubarb; making up the whole number raised by him 
nearly five thousand, since the year 1702. He here adds many excellent 
hints respecting its culture.* 
Again this meritorious Gentleman applied for the gold medal, value 
thirty guineas, in the following address. 
To the President. 
Sir, 
“ The certificate which accompanies this communication will 
inform the Society, that I have planted in the year 1^99 four thousand and 
fifty-three plants of the Rheum palmatum , or true Rhubarb: 1 once more, 
therefore, present myself as a claimant. Each time I have made my appear¬ 
ance in this character, I hare pledged myself to future and more considerable 
exertions; for every distinction with which you have honoured me has been 
viewed in no other light than that of a powerful incentive to perseverance; 
and I need not add, how much gratification it will afford me, if the Society, 
by their decision on the present occasion, continue to me their good opinion. 
“ The period I have devoted to the cultivation of this valuable drag has 
now become of a sufficient length to prove experimentally the truth or false¬ 
hood of my theories. Happy am X in reflecting, and happier still in com¬ 
municating to the Society, that since X last had the pleasure of addressing 
them, X have additional reason for satisfaction. In my former papers (see 
Transactions of the Society, Yol. XX. XV. and XVI.) having been, perhaps, 
more than sufficiently minute in describing my system of cultivation, 1 shall 
now only notice the nature of the soil and aspect; the former of which is a 
rich sandy loam, and the aspect inclining to the east and south: and, as the 
public are in complete possession of the opinions upon which if is founded, 
there is no occasion to repeat every particular point in the present instance. 
X shall therefore content myself with merely mentioning some, and enlarging 
upon others, as necessity may require. 
Conceiving it to be good policy for a man to avail himself of every advan¬ 
tage that is presented, I have recommended spring as well as autumnal sow¬ 
ings, and the plants of each, when arrived at a proper size, to be placed in 
* Trans. Arts. Yol. XVI. p 213 . 
