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and poisonous mushrooms. About 500 highly-executed colored draw- 
ings have been prepared for the International Exhibition, under the su- 
pervision of some of the most noted cryptogamists of Europe and Amer- 
ca, from which collection specimens will be selected for publication. 
We make our first selection, blue-mold, (Penicillium glacum, Greyv.,) 
from a class of common molds which are frequently found on moldy 
bread and other articles of food, and appear of a greenish or blue color. 
This genus is supposed to have intimate relations to fermentation; a, 
represents the appearance of the fungus to the naked eye, on a piece of 
bread; 6, tuft enlarged; c, threads enlarged 420 diameters; d, apex x 620; 
e, chain of spores further magnified ; 7, spores germinating. 
The drawing is after an original, by M. C. Cooke. 
FACTS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. 
CONNECTICUT AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION.—The Wes- 
leyan University, of Middletown, Connecticut, has tendered the use of 
its grounds, cabinets, and labratories for the use of this new institution, of 
which Dr. Atwater, the distinguished professor of chemistry of the 
university, acts as director. Dr. W. C. Tilden, late of this Department, 
is the acting chemist, with two assistants. The State appropri- 
ates annually $2,800, and the American Agrieulturist enough to 
pay the balance of salaries and expenses. Dr. Atwater gives his sery- 
ices as director without charge. Atalate joint meeting at the station, 
of the State Board of Agriculture and the Farmers’ General Committee, 
Dr. Atwater presented statistics from seventy European agricultural 
stations, showing that not a dozen of them were better equipped for 
work than was the Connecticut station. The work of the station has 
been commenced, and already some of its valuable features have been 
developed. Numerous analyses of fertilizers have been made, one of 
which shows that the article in question, though sold with strong recom- 
mendations, contained 1,300 pounds of sand, gravel, and other worth- 
less material, to the ton. Analyses of general utility are to be made 
gratis; those of private interest at moderate charges. 
NEW JERSEY CRANBERRY ASSOCIATION.—At a recent meeting of 
this association, Mr. N. R. French reported the statistics of cranberry 
production as follows: 
In round numbers I think the area under cranberry culture in New Jersey at the 
present time is 5,000 acres, and the cost thereof at the fruit-bearing age of the vine 
(three years) $1,750,000. New England and New York—judging from theiz crops, ag- 
gregate about the same acreage, at probably about the same cost. Wisconsin, Minre- 
sota, Indiana and Michigan, probably have 5,000 acres in cranberry vines, either par- 
tially or wholly cultivated, but the cost at the fruit-bearing age is presumably less 
than half that of the same area in the Atlantic States. We may say then that this 
country has 15,000 acres in cranberry culture, at a cost valuation of $4,375,000. The 
estimate crop of the last four years is as follows: : 
1872. 1873. 1874, | 1875. 
Bushels.| Bushels.| Bushels.| Bushels. 
Cape Cod and adjacent islands. ............-.- eae = eee 20, 080 80, 009 70, 000 50, 000 
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. ..........-.-- 20, 000 25, 000 35, 000 25, 000 
Dy Oe Ngse ee ole eee ae 8 ne ee ery eee 100,000 | 110, 000 90, 000 90, 000 
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana, and Michigan .............-- 135, 000 60, 000 50, 000 40, 000 
Loy ee A See 2 So es FB CIR ND IG | pet RR Ss SERRE TS ) OO 5 POLES | op os Be | 5, 000 5, 000 
WS ake eet on 0 2 de A ea hel A 275,000 | 275, 000 250,000 | 210, 000 
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