74 DISEASES OF FIELD & GARDEN CROPS. [CH.XIII. 



grown in wet, peaty places, yet in the alluvial flats be- 

 longing to some rivers, and where good drainage is 

 difficult, these crops may often be seen. No doubt per- 

 fect drainage would considerably lessen the losses com- 

 monly entailed by attacks of straw blight. 



