BRAND

is a provincial name for certain diseases of cereals, applied generically. Thus bunt is called pepper-brand, and smut is called dust-brand. The term is always applied in Grermany to the disease commonly called bunt in this country, which word is most probably a corruption of bunt or burnt ear. The word has also been applied to the circular, brown, and apparently scorched spots which are so common on leaves, especially in greenhouses and in frames. It has been supposed that this arose from the concentration of the rays of light, by which the leaven were actually scorched; but this scarcely appears po ible, especially when it is considered that the lenses of water thus formed on the leaves are plano-convex.