H4 Rev. Mr. Krrsy’s Ob/ervations upon certain Fungi 
and (if it may be allowable to apply fuch a term to it) inflamma- 
tion ; for, inftead of the pale, pleafant green which i is the colour of - 
this grain in a healthy ftate, it aflumes one of a deep and dingey - 
hue=in this ftate it eafily breaks when rubbed; and the footy pow- | 
der, that foils the fingers, emits a very fetid fcent, extremely fimilar 
to that of putrid Afh or Chenopodium Vulvaria. Thefe circumftances | 
fufficiently diftinguifh it from Reticularia fegetum, and render it, 
when at all plentiful, exceedingly prejudicial to the farmer ; for, as- 
it does not eat its way through the arillus, and difperfe itfelf before: 
fex 
> n is cut, it is carried with it into the barn, and, being broken: 
aide the flail, when the wheat i is threfhed, difcolours and other- 
wife injures the fample, to fuch a degree as to render it unfaleable,. 
or at leaft greatly to reduce its price. To prevent this evil; farmers 
generally drefs their feed wheat with various preparations: fome ufe: 
a lixivium of wood aíhes and: urine; others, falt and water only, or fea. 
VAM df at hand; others, the lie. from | 4 ^: , o - 
n, wine and cheefe whey ; and T have heard of fame whe Tave 
infufed arfenic for this purpofe. All, I believe, dry their feed with 
freth flaked lime. This cuftom, which is nearly univerfal, at leaftin - 
thefe caftern counties, proves the idea to be general, that the difor- 
_ der originates from the adhefion of the duft or feed of the Brand to- 
the feed. of the wheat, and that b ; thefe meth ‘ods it às either wafhed | 
off or deftroyed : but what kind of fubftance it- t ii 
ve petable, or merely a diftemper incident to this grainy agticulturitts 
do not-trouble themfelves much to inquire » this indeed is properly. . 
. the bufinefs of the naturalift; and of thefe latter the opinions con 
cerning it are various. - Mr Bryant, in the pamphlet referred. to: 
above, is ftrenuous for its being occafioned by.an injury whieh he 
fuppotes the anthere receive, by too great conítriction,. when the 
ear mee from ~ Jotium vaginans (5); and therefore he fcouts. - 
5) Bryant o— 
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