2.10. 
will be attended to; and the different 
modes of J/ayering, grafiing, inoculating, 
é&c. exhibited for inftruétion. 
It is propofed, that there thall be a pro- 
feflor, who fhall give le€iures on Botany 
in general; and aifo feparate lectures on 
the Cattle and Hay Gardens, for the in- 
ftructions of the common farmers, their 
fervants, or labouring men, all of whom 
are to be admitted to the leétures, gratis, 
on the order of a vice prefident, or the 
treafurer, fecretary, or profeffor. 
- That like leétures be give on the 
Gardens for Dyers’ ufe, and that for the 
purpofe: of extending praétical know- 
ledge, particularly in hufbandry, famples 
and feeds be allowed to be given, and even 
plants, where they can be {pared, to all 
perfons who may with for them. 
The leétures on Botany at large, to be 
given during the feafon when the genera- 
lity of plants are in flower, for the better 
demonfiration of the /erual fyftem. And 
the profeffor to be allowed the ufe of the 
houfe and gardens for delivering them, 
and to take pupils, and receive {ub{crip- 
tions. 
A Hortus Siccus to be formed, contain- 
ing as well f{pecimens of the plants in the 
garden, as of all others throughout the 
world, which can be procured. 
_ In time, it is to be hoped, that the fo- 
ciety may be enabled to fend perfons 
round the kingdom to explore, its vege- 
table products, fo as to forma Hortus,and 
a Flora Hibernica; andthey propofe here- 
after to extend their colleétion of plants 
to the green-houfe, and afterwards to the 
hot-houfe affortments; until which time 
the Hortus Siccus, and drawings muft 
anfwer as to {uch plants, for the purpofes 
of curiofity or inftruction. 7 
_ A Medicinal Garden has been in con- 
templation, but no plan is yet fixed for 
it; it is alfg in contemplation to furnith 
their houfe in Glafnevin, with a full 
library of all agricultural and botanic 
books and to fet afide a part of the ground 
for experiments in ploughing, by trying 
the excellence or defeéts of the various 
ploughs, drill machines, &c. in their re- 
pofitery. 
_When the gardens fhall be furnifhed, 
regulations muft be made for the admif- 
fions of perfons, in which it is, propofed, 
to make the admiffion as generalas it can 
be with fafety; and to have perlons pro- 
perly inftruéted, to attend thofe who mey 
wiih for information. " 
The cultivating a fufficiency of medi- 
cinal plants for fale, has been in contem- 
plation, particularly ef thofe which it is 
The Shak/peare Controver fy. 
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difficult for the fhops to procure; but this 
not being fo immediately within the pur- 
pofe of the fociety’s inftitution, is poft- 
poned, till the feveral other matters are 
eftablifhed. . 
The Society having refolved that their 
Committee of Agriculture do, in thejr 
name, requeft Dr. Wade, the author of 
the Flora Dublinienfis, to undertake the 
arrangements of the plants, and to act as 
their profeffor and le€turer in botany, fo 
far as knowledge of the vegetable pro- 
duéts, and their qualities may tend to pro- 
mote agriculture, arts, or manufactures ; 
and the committee having accordingly 
applied to him, and obtained his compli- 
ance, they have now the fatisfaction of 
the certain aid of his great knowledge 
and abilities to promote and complete the 
undertaking. 
Asa great deal of the ground is already pre- 
pared, the Society requeft the affiftance of ail 
perfons who wifh to encourage fo ufeful an in- 
flitution, by fending in fuch plants and feeds as 
their feveral colleétions, or their neighbourhood 
can furnith. It is requefted, that all who fhalt 
be pleafed to fend any, will order them to be de- 
livered to Dr. Wade, at his houfe in Capel- 
ftreet, or at the Glafnevin Garden, or to Mr. . 
Brien, their Regifter, at the Repofitory, in 
Poojbeg-ftreet. 
EE 
SHAKSPEARE CONTROVERSY. 
To the Editor of ihe Monthly Magazixe. 
SIR,” 
HE Shakfpearean Controverfy, as is 
4“ is commonly termed, has made fo 
much noife in the Capital, that your 
readers in the country will, probably, 
thank you for fome information on that 
fubjeét ; and this I think cannot be better 
conveyed to them, than by giving a fum- 
mary of a late publication, written by 
Mr. Malone; and entitied, An Inquiry into 
the Authenticity of certain Papers and In- — 
firuments, aitributed to Sdak[peare, &c. 
I myfeif, from the very beginning, 
entertained ftrong fufpicions of forgery, 
from the myfterious and clandeftine 
manner in which thofe papers were 
ufhered into notice. The pretended Fac- 
Similés, which were afterwards printed, 
did not remove. my doubts: but I haye 
now before me a volume, that puts the 
matter beyond a doubt : at leaft he muft 
be a fturdy {ceptic, wha henceforth enter- 
tains any. : 
Mr. Malone, after’making fome per- 
tinent remarks on the round-about man- 
ner in which the papers in queftion 
were exhibited to public view, is~ willing 
to take no advantage of that circum- 
fiance; but undertakes to prove, ie 
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