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First edition, 4to, [3], 4-7, [1]-41, [1], [1]-20, [1]-68pp., later wrappers. Comprises six numbered reports, by George Fordyce, William Cullen, John Ingen-Housz, James Headrick, Dr. Guthrie and Richard Crawshay. Nos. I-III are separately paginated; Nos. IV-VI have continuous pagination. 1. Plan for ascertaining the effects of the different sorts of manures in promoting vegetation / by George Fordyce -- 2. The substance of nine lectures on vegetation and agriculture, delivered to a private audience in the year 1768 / by the late William Cullen with a few notes by George Pearson -- 3. An essay on the food of plants and the renovation of soils / by John Ingen-housz -- 4. Essay on manures / by James Headrick -- 5. Letter from Dr Guthrie of St. Petersburgh to Sir John Sinclair on the subject of manures -- 6. On the use of lime as a manure ; extracted from a letter dated Lancaster, December 7th, 1795. Provenance: The Lawes Agriculture Library, Rothamsted Research Institute.