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neighbouring places they were extremely 

 abundant. This simple precaution might have 

 saved many persons, in certain years, a large 

 portion of their crop. 



With regard to the Hessian fly, the advice 

 given by Mr. Curtis is manifestly the best 

 possible. It is well worthy the attention 

 of the agriculturalists in America. Nothing 

 can be more simple. He merely recommends 

 them to collect and burn the stubble in the 

 fields where they have been found ; and the 

 reason given is, that the larvae at the base of 

 the straw will of course be destroyed. The 

 burnt straw will also form excellent manure for 

 the land ; and thus a double advantage will be 

 gained. 



The fungi and insects that have been de- 

 scribed in the preceding pages form the principal 

 parasites of our wheat-plants. Two more chap- 

 ters will be devoted to some general remarks on 

 certain matters, evidently connected with these 

 inquiries, and tending, it is trusted, to beget 

 further investigations. It is almost impossible 

 to avoid, in such explanations, that kind of 

 phraseology which, from its technicality, appears 

 at first uninviting, and a knowledge of which 

 is assumed in the books and papers of the 



