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manual, but we learn from Professor Peck that 

 it is called Calostoma cinnabarinus. Calostoma 

 is a Greek word meaning beautiful mouth, and 

 cinnabarinus is taken from cinnabaris, which 

 means dragon's-blood. We are not responsible 

 for the names given to plants, but cannot help 

 wishing that some might be changed or short- 

 ened. 



We could go on prolonging our search, and 

 describe many wonderful fungi, so easily found 

 on a summer day, but as our object is to excite 

 curiosity and interest and not fatigue the reader, 

 we will here pause, and afterward arrange the 

 descriptions of mushrooms in a separate sec- 

 tion. The ones we have described may be 

 found in the Middle States and in New Eng- 

 land. 



