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rapidly back to his rooms for his boots, and caught the train (they are never 

 punctual) after aU. One of the Messrs. Fortey accompanied the party by tram 

 from Hereford, and the other Mr. Fortey met the train on its arrival at Ludlow, 

 with Mr. George Cocking, of Teme Side, Miss Le^vis (a new accession to the 

 fun-ological ranks), and one or two others. Without delay the party drove at 

 once to° Downton Castle grounds, and began work in earnest. There was a pro- 

 fuse gro^vth oiStrobilomyces strobilaceus in every direction, the oldest Woolhopian 

 could remember nothing like it before-young, old, and middle-aged specimens 

 were dotted all over the grassy places and banks in profusion. Clavar.a hoU-yUs, 

 which is as handsome as rare, was found in good condition, as well as the beauti- 

 ful C amethystina. PaxiUus pannoides and Aparicus heteroclitm, both rarities, 

 were found For the first time during the present foray AoaHcus resplendent was 

 met with and now in abundance, and the curious and beautiful plant referred to 

 last year without doubt as A. Jtussula. Mr. Howse told us that the plant was not 

 Agaricus Mussula but Hygrophorus e,-uhesce„s, and that it was " settled " last year 

 in France It is always pleasant to hear of a f ungological matter being " settled, 

 but it is sometimes well to know who has "settled" it. I was once told m 

 Wales that the nature and meaning of cromlechs had been " quite settled," but 

 when I afterwards found that it was a lineudraper, who also did a little printing 

 and sold cakes in a neighbouring town, who had "settled" the job. I lost some 

 faith in the settlement; but perhaps there is another case of "protective mimi- 

 cry " in these two fungi. Cortumrin, cinncammeus in its two varieties was found, 

 as well as the magnificent G. cinnabarinus and Russula cyanoxantha. 



During this, the last day, many of the species found on former days were 

 a-ain met with, and an equally large number of small (ignoble, according to Fries) 

 species Of these I have kept no list. I re.spect (V) the vast army of microscopic 

 entities and nonentities; their name is legion-they have no end and no begin- 

 ning and they are always increasing in numbers, and possibly nine-tenths would 

 be better for crucifying. As usual Messrs. Fortey fortified the whole party in 

 the "Moss House" by the Teme side, which house literally groaned from its 

 foundation to its roof with the load of good things so kindly provided by these 

 two truly good and valuable gentlemen and fungologists. After emptying all the 

 Messrs Fortey's hampers, bo.xes, and bottles, the fungologists were like giants 

 refreshed, and returned towards Downton Castle by the other side of the river. 

 Aspidium arujulare, Cystoptei-is fragilis and dentata and Scolopculrium vulgare 

 grow by the stony Teme-side, and Ncottia nidus avis in the woods. 



On the return drive the party took Oakley Park, the residence of Lady 

 Mary Windsor Clive, on the way, and paid a visit to the group of so-called "Druid 

 Oaks." These are mentioned as large trees in Domesday Book, a.d. 1086. Heard 

 from'several persons that Paterson's Victoria Potato is badly diseased this year ; 

 this means a good deal, for probably no potato has hitherto so well resisted the 

 disease as Paterson's Victoria. Then, as if never tired of doing enough for the 

 fungologists, the hospitable Messrs. Fortey, of Ludlow, took the whole party to 

 their house, where hot tea and coffee and everthing else one can think of except 



