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female bloom. When they are once in- 

 duced to haunt the frames, they set all the 

 fruit, and will hover with impatience round 

 the lights in a morning, till the glasses are 

 opened. Probatum est. White. 



WHEAT. 



A notion has always obtained, that in 

 England hot Summers are productive of 

 fine crops of wheat; yet in the years 1780 

 and 1781, though the heat was intense, the 

 wheat was much mildewed, and the crop 

 light. Does not severe heat, while the 

 straw is milky, occasion its juices to ex- 

 ude, which being extravasated, occasion 

 spots, discolour the stems and blades, and 

 injure the health of the plants ? White. 



TRUFFLES. 



' August. A truffle-hunter called on us, 

 having in his pocket several large truffles 

 found in this neighbourhood. He says 

 these roots are not to be found in deep 



