1790, and the 5th of January 1791; distinguishing the countries from whence imported, England. Scotland, Aggregate lib. weight lib.weight in libs Denmark & Norway, 469,000 Germany, 36,186 657] 505,843 HINTS RESPECTING SOME USEFUL KINDS OF FOREST Communicated by a correspondent in Manchester. THE iron oak, which thrives three times as fast as the common English oak, and is equally beautiful. This oak is sold by Mr Lucombe of Exeter, and is the oak on which he grafts the Lucombe oak. 2. Populus Græca or Athenian poplar. This poplar is of the quickest growth of any tree we know, especially upon a gravelly soil, and therefore the most profitable in the neighbourhood of Manchester, for the purpose of making boxes, where duration is not necefsary. And it is the most ornamental deciduous tree we are possefed of, because it is the first in leaf, and the last in going out of leaf, and its leaves never are insected nor blighted; its bark is of the most beautiful silver colour. It is propagated by layers and suckers. 3. BETULA, Fol. rhombeo, ovatis, acuminatis, duplicoto, serratis. This I am informed is the most useful and profitable tree in North America; it is called the black birch. It thrives equally well in this climate, and is a most desirable tree in plantations of ornament and fhade, being one of the first in leaf in the spring, and has a beautiful bark. For the Bee. If Dr Anderson thinks the following version from Pindar, which was made as a college exercise, worth inserting in the Bee, it is much at his service. Great Jove supreme, thy mighty hand Wings the swift lightning thro' the sky While these the sacred games renew To hear how swift he reach'd the goal! Thou mighty son of Saturn old, On all his virtues beeming clear. Glad vict'ry smiling, swiftly flies, To raise with honour to the skies Fair Camerina, blest abode, His native city far renown'd, The bounding steed, his eye delight, 1 The vict'ry gain'd, with glowing wheels To her when called to wear the crown, But this in youth we sometimes see. My heart and hand with equal speed, MICA. THE VISITOR. To nature, on earth, a short visit we pay, 'Tis declining already, for if you can see, Tho' you told the clock twelve, mark the hand! that's at three, 'Till ev'ning, and then, who'd have thought it so late? Says nature, "arise, make your bow, and away, My chaise at the door and the driver wont stay." Reluctant we enter, the reason I know, We are not quite sure to what inn we shall go: AN ACCOUNT OF PERSIAN COTTON, COMMUNICATED BY ARCTICUS. Being a translation of a paper presented to the royal economical society of St Petersburgh by Mr GENTLEMEN, ALLOW me to have the honour of presenting to you some grains of cotton seed. This seed is gathered principally in Persia, and is bought in the markets, from the peasants, who bring it in small packets, from half a pound to two or three pounds. It is even difficult to collect any quantity of it; and it cost the person who furnished me with this sample, a great deal of time and trouble to collect three poods, which cost him nearly 3000 rubles. The sale of this seed is not unknown at Smyrna ; but what you see here, gentlemen, was bought from Boucharian merchants trading with Russia, and it is besides of a superior quality to what is found commonly at Smyrna, from whence the French obtained it formerly to cultivate in their colonies, as well as the Maltese, who have also reaped so much advantage from it among their rocks, that it is to be feared their sweet oranges, so famous, and which were very lucrative to them, will soon disappear, although the only production of traffic, till within these few years, of their burning and barren rocks, to give place to another kind of cultivation as useful, and a great deal more profitable. The Portuguese have sent this seed to Brazil, where its cultivation has had a wonderful succefs, in a climate and soil perfectly adapted to its production, so much so, that in a few years, the plant, by the constant and continued attention of her ministers, flourished so well that it |