A note on Indian wheat-rusts

During the cold season of 1895-96, while one of us was engaged in conducting certain experimental cultures of wheat at the Govern- ment Farm, Shibpur, an opportunity was afforded of partially investi- gating some of the phenomena connected with "rust" in wheat.The results obtained, as will presently appear, are neither final nor, so far even as they go, complete.But if they do not clear up the difficul- ties that surround this subject, they seem to narrow in some degree the field of enquiry ; in this respect therefore they may prove of some general interest and may perhaps to a certain extent be of use.The present note, which has been prepared in compliance with an order issued to Dr. Prain by the Government of India through the Government of Bengal, contains an account of our observations.