[ml c 
—Having thus given you, Sir, the Defcription of 
this furprifing Appearance, and that with the utmo 
regard to Truth, 1 beg Leave to fubfcribe my fell, 
SIR , 
Mile-End, London, 
Nov. 3. 1743. 
Tour moft obedient , 
Humble Servant, 
Griffith Hughes, 
See Tab. III. Fig. 1* 
VI I. A Letter from the Reverend Mr. Roger 
Pickering, V. 2). M. to Cromwell Mortimer, 
M. Z). Seer . R. S. concerning the Seeds of- 
Mufhrooms. . 
S I R, Deptford, Otf- 3 1 . 1 743 
Read Nor. r TT^HE laft time but one I had the 
i°. 1743. pieafure of your Company, I took 
the Liberty of mentioning fome Conjectures of mine 
upon the Propagation of Mufhrooms, together with 
fome Obfervations, which I had already made. I was 
always of Opinion, that thefe Plants had their Seeds* 
as well as others ; and attributed the not difeovering 
it hitherto, to the Shortnefs of this Plants Duration* 
and to its fucculent and loofe Contexture, whereby it 
is liable to immediate Putrefadion from the lead Al- 
teration of Weather. 1 could no otherwife account 
for the Method made ufe of by the Italians, who 
make Mulhroom-beds in their Cellars, with a Mix- 
ture 
