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when they require a month or two of rest 

 by withlioldiug water. The best way of 

 propagating is by root division in a moist 

 store. If " E. C." can forward a small 



piece of the root to Mr. Hibberd, Stoke 

 Newington, London, N., it will be very 

 thankfully accepted. 



ANEMONE SPECIES. 



There are, perh.nps, few genera that have 

 so great a variety in their flowers as the 

 Anemone. The conunon garden anemones, 

 as is well known, are of different shades of 

 pink and purple ; the wood anemone is 

 white ; the Anemone palmata of a bvilliant 

 yellow ; and A. apL-nnina of a celestial 

 blue. But none of these flowers, though 

 they are all beautiful, can be compared in 

 splendour with the Anemone Japonica, the 

 flowers of which are of a bright rose 

 colour, and as large as a Rosa gallica. 



This splendid plant, which is quite hardy, 

 and which grows in favourable situations 

 to the height of three or four feet, was in- 

 troduced from China, hj^ Mr. Fortune, in 

 the year 184-1 ; and though it was first 

 kypt in the greenhoiise, it is now found to 

 produce much larger an;! ilner flowers in 

 the open air in this month. In Japan, it 

 is said to be found in damp woods, on tlie 

 edges of rivulets ; but it appears also to 

 grow in mountainous places, both in Japan 

 and China. 



COLLECTINa AND PSESERVINa EUNOI. 



Colleclhuj for tits Table. — First pro- 

 cure an oblong flat-bottomed wicker 

 basket, about I'rom four to six inches deep, 

 but with no lid, such as is commonly used 

 by butter salesmen in country markets. 

 Have a clean cloth large enough to line 

 the whole of the basket, and form two 

 folds over the top. Also procui^e a sharp 

 knife and a hovise-painter's brush. Select 

 dry weather, if possible, and go out as 

 early in the morning as you can conve- 

 niently. When you reach your collecting- 

 ground avoid most cai'efully ali fungi that 

 have been broken by cattle or other causes, 

 also all which from their shrivelled appear- 

 ance, change of colour, or otherwise, indi- 

 cate they have passed their prime, select- 

 ing only those which are still attached to 

 the earth or other substances, and are still 

 living and in a growing state ; collect each 

 separately ; first cle.iu away v.ith the 

 brush all dirt, dust, grass, or foreign sub- 

 stances, especially flies; next, cut olf the 

 root a good inch from the extremity, and 

 thi'ow away with it ths attached mould. 

 You will now readily see, by the porous- 

 ness of the stems, which are attacked by 

 maggots. Such will always be the oldest, 

 and had better be kept in a corner of the 

 basket by themselves. The cloth should 

 be constanily kept covered over the fungi, 

 both while collect ng and returning homo, 

 to prevent the attack of fli3=, etc., which 

 are always on the look-out ; in fact, where 



they are in any abundance it is well to 

 collect and prepare them in heaps on the 

 ground and put theni all in the basket 

 at once, as by constantly opening you may 

 truly shut in instead of out many of youv 

 greatest enemies. 



The above directions will stand good 



j for most of the agarics, helvellas, moi'ells, 



' boleti, lycoperdons, etc.; there are a few 



exceptions, however, as Agaricus atramen- 



i tarious andcoruatus, which are of such a 



I juicy ov deliquescent nature that in a few 



hours or Icvs a large portion of the fungus 



turns to liquid, and would make, a miser- 



i able mess and confusion in a basket Avith 



j other species. They should, therefore, be 



collected in a large pie-dish, or some other 



earthen vessel. 



I Tlie truflle will require a very dilTerent 

 I proe-ss in collecting, the task beiug gene- 

 rally left to dogs trained for the purpose, 

 and known as truffle-dogs. The truflle- 

 I hunters in ITamnshire (where they are 

 I rather common on tho chalk, and especially 

 ! under beech-trees) are furnished with a 

 j stout ash stick, about the size of an ordi- 

 I nary broom-handle, and tapered at one 

 I end to a i-ather stout, blunt point ; this 

 ; point, for about three inches, is iron, in 

 I the form of an extinguisher, and firmly 

 I fitted on the wood. With ih s, wheu;;the 

 ! dogs have indicated the whereabouts by 

 j scratchhig, the collector grubs them up. 

 ! As they are of a solid nature, and in form 



