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Received October 4, 1768. 
XXXI. An Account of fome Experiments , 
by Mr . Miller of Cambridge, on the f ow- 
ing of Wheat : By W. Watfon, M. D. 
iv R. S. 
To the Royal Society, 
Gentlemen, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, 
0£t. 4, 1768. 
ReadNov. 2 4>TT A V I N G been informed, that in 
1768. the Botanic garden at Cambridge, 
there had been produced, by the ingenuity and care 
of Mr. Charles Miller, the gardener there, from one 
grain of wheat only, in little more than a year, a much 
more confiderable quantity of grain, than was ever 
attempted, or even conjectured to bepoffiblej I have 
defired him to fend me a particular account thereof, 
in order to its being communicated to you ; and, if 
the Council fhould think proper, of its being recorded 
in the Philofophical TranfaCtions, as I think it highly 
deferves. In my opinion, a faCt fo extraordinary 
fhould not be forgotten 5- as it may poflibly be applied 
in no inconliderable degree to public utility: if it. 
fhould not, the experiment itfelf, fo fuccefsfully con- 
ducted, is a delirable thing thing to be known. 
Mr. Charles Miller is a very ingenious perfon, and 
an excellent naturalifh He is the fon of our worthy 
brother 
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