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promiftng Plants, which I covered with Bell- glades, 
where there were feveral together, and the Tingle 
Plants with little Hand-glaffes, which I had had made 
for the Prefervation of Wall-fruit. 
On Friday laft, OB. 28th, at Noon, I carefully 
gathered about a Dozen Mufhrooms, of the efculenc 
Kind, from under the Glaffes ; choofing fuch as gradu- 
ally differed from each other in the Colour of their 
Gills, from a faint Peach-bloom Colour, to a deep 
Purple 5 flattering myfelf, that as I had hereby got the 
Mufhroom, in its feveral States, fecured by thefe Glaffes 
from the Injury of the Weather, Ifhould be able to 
difeover the Seed. 
With thefe I gathered feveral Mufhrooms of another 
Kind, commonly known by the Name of Cham- 
pignons $ which alfo I had fecured under Glaffes. 
With thefe I began, and foon found, what I fufpeded 
to be the Cafe, that the Gills, as they are called, are 
no other than Capful#, or Pods for the Seed ; for with 
one of the lower Magnifiers, and a fine Penknife, I 
could eafily divide them from adhering to each other. 
This encouraged me to apply dircttly to the larger 
fort of Mufhrooms ; and accordingly I fixed upon one 
of a deep Flcfh- colour, which I looked upon to be, 
by its Colour, in its Prime. I began with one of the 
Gills carefully feparated from the Head, or Stool, 
without bruifing ; but could difeover nothing in it 
like Seeds, except that, here-and-there, there were 
fome globular dark Spots, appearing, through the 
Fifth Magnifier, about the Size of very fmall Pin- 
heads : But when I endeavoured, with a fine Brufh, 
to wipe off any thing, to fix it upon a Talc, the 
lighted: Touch reduced it to Water. Upon this, I had 
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