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these facts, that truth only results from careful 

 research and accurate examination. There is 

 not a thing, however minut^i in the tnatetial 

 scene around us, which may not afford some 

 hint for our benefit : 



Nothing so sliglit 



"Which in nature sends not forth some light. 



QtTARlES. 



The next question that suggests itself to us 

 is — What remedies may be successfully applied 

 to check the devastating growth of puccinia, or 

 corn mildew? Although its botanical cha- 

 racter is now so well known, the remedies 

 hitherto suggested have been principally con- 

 jectural. Mr. Knight, who was a most 

 careful and experienced observer, expressed 

 his persuasion that when fogs come on after 

 a very dry time, the wheat-plant is more 

 than ordinarily subject to this blight. This 

 opinion is in unison with the supposition in the 

 preceding pages, relative to the action of the 

 stomata under such circumstances. Hence the 

 obvious method of guarding against mildew in 

 places particularly subject to its influences, is 

 to endeavour to procure the earliest varieties, 

 which may arrive at maturity before the 



