124. Rev, Mr. Kirss Obfervations upon certain Fungi 
of the mildewed.wheat in this field was diftinguifhed by another fpe- 
cies.of Uredo; though. perhaps this might be only another appearance 
of the mildew, which difcharged its feed at regular intervals in dots. 
. From the abfence of Uredo Frumenii in this inftance, it is evident that 
the mildew is independent of that plant, and fo vice versd, A whole 
. diftrict in the neighbourhood of Barham is particularly given to this 
evil 5 but;improved management of the foil, I am told, will ferve as 
a remedy. The appearance occafioned by the mildew, upon an ear 
examined under a lens, did not fo fully convince me of. its being a 
Fungus, as that of the four preceding fpecies ;. the dots were too, mi- 
nute to determine with. certainty. without, a. more powerful magni- 
hers, yet I ,am moft inclined to that opinion; and it derives addi- 
tional force from what was once related. to me by .a gentleman who 
had been abroad, that an Italian Abbate, I forget, who, had written 
a memoir upon the fubject, in which he had proved the mildew.to 
_ Bea very minute Lycoperdon. He promifed to fend mé the pamphlet, 
mildew, that I can learn; and I fént my f pecimens to Mr. Sowerby, 
. A have now brought to a conclufion what [had to fay upon thófe 
paralitic Fungi which I have obferved upon the wheat; and I hope 
that thefe hints, for fach only I defire that they may be confidered, - 
may induce other gentlemen, more deeply fkilled in this department 
of natural hiftory than I am,-to purfue them further; The fubject, 
if viewed as clofely connected with agriculture, is certainly import- 
ant 3 and if the ftudy of it fhould lead to a difcovery of a method of 
preventing the Bight, as effectual as that which has long been ufed 
by farmers to fecure their crops from the Brand, the naturalift who 
led the way to it-would have no reafon to think that his labours 
Were In vain. >: JOBEY15'd NS on 
Mach. has been. done in this country towards: inveftigating the 
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