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perience. We procured a list of works on 

 fungi, and looked for some volume not too deep 

 for our comprehension nor too costly for our 

 purse. Among those we found were " Hand- 

 book for Students " (Taylor) ; " Edible and 

 Poisonous Fungi" (Cooke), and a pamphlet by 

 Professor Peck, "Mushrooms and Their Uses." 

 This seemed to be the one that Ave could com- 

 prehend most easily, and so, armed with it, and 

 another pamphlet by Professor Underwood, 

 called " Suggestions to Collectors of Fleshy 

 Fungi," which contained a simple key, we 

 started out to make discoveries. We after- 

 ward procured some publications of Mr. C. G. 

 Lloyd, which were of great assistance, and 

 lastly a glossary- published by the Boston 

 Mycological Society, a necessary addition to 

 our library. 



We found Professor Peck's book was con- 

 fined to edible mushrooms, and it soon became 

 too limited to satisfy our craving for further 

 knowledge — it incited a longing to know some- 

 thing of inedible fungi. 



The rest is soon told. We were advised to 

 get either a copy of Stevenson's " British 

 Fungi " or of Massee's works. We did so, 

 but found them too advanced to be readily 



