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procerus ; the rich Red Milk Agaric, Lactarius deliciosus ; the hrown Warty 

 Agaric, Agaricus rubescins ; the great Puff-ball, Lycoperdon giganteum; the 

 Vegetable Beefsteak, Fistulina hepalica, on the decaying oak trees ; Vegetable 

 Sweetbread, Agaricus orcclla ; the Plum Mushroom, Agaricus prunulus ; the 

 pasture Hygrophorus, Hygrophorus pratemis ; and maDy others. The seasons 

 will then be carried on by the Spiked Mushroom, Hydnum rcpandum ; the small 

 but very abundant Ivory Caps, Hygrophorus virgineus ; by Blewitts Agaricus 

 personatus and by the Amethyst Lepista, Lepisia nuda, until the frosts of 

 November and December stop their growth. 



These Edible Funguses are specially named because they have such dis- 

 tinct characters of their own that they could be as easily recognised by common 

 people as the ordinary mushroom. They only require to be once known always 

 to be recognised. 



Will any one teach them to know and value these home plants? In the 

 education movement now being so vigorously pushed forward let us hope that 

 information of such practical usefulness will not be altogether omitted, 



