270 THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



The blooms of Clematises are very useful at this season for day- 

 light arrangements, their several lovely inauve and purple tints 

 showing to great advantage when mixed with other flowers and 

 foliage. In the way of a creeper the Clssus discolor, as a rule, goes 

 w^ell witli nearly all daylight shades, and though it shows itself up by 

 artificial light also, it does not appear to the same advantage as 

 when seen by daylight. 



The decorations on a table for daylight use, need not be of colours 

 only which look well by daylight. Any shades can be employed, 

 but the summer months afibrd us an opportunity of making use 

 of those colours which we could not employ at any other season ; as 

 when subjected to artificial light, their beauty would be destroyed, 

 and as a rule, this is nearly always the case with delicate and 

 neutral tints. 



COLLECTING AND PRESEEVING EUNGL 



BT F, T. BEOCAS. 

 COLLECTIii^G rOR THE TABLE. 



IBST procure an oblong flat-bottomed wicker basket, 

 about four to six inches deep, but with no lid, sueli 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. j^lso procure 

 a sharp knife and a house painter's brush. Select dry weather, if 

 possible, and go out as early in the morning as you can conveniently. 

 When you reach your collecting-ground avoid most carefully all 

 fungi that have been broken by cattle or other causes, also all which 

 from their shrivelled appearance, change of colour, or otherwise, 

 indicate they have passed their prime, selecting only those which 

 are still attached to the earth or other substances, and are still 

 living and in a grovaug state ; collect each separately ; first clean 



away with the brush, all dirt, dust, grass, or foreign substances, 

 especially flies ; next, cut off the root a good inch from the extremity, 

 and throw away with it the attached mould. Ton will now readily 

 see, by the porousness 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 bv themselves. The cloth should be constantly kept covered 



