1I0RTK0LE. 



ied September it. 



rhly appreciated 

 [ it could not be 



:ind Melastoma- 

 the Gardeners' 

 ; only pourtrays 



[ the preliminary steps in the formation of a Horticultural 

 I Club. The movement is supported by a large number of 

 the leading men in horticulture, etc., and there appears 

 every prospect of the project proving successful, an issue 

 we most cordially wish it. 



— Begonia Emile Lesueue. — This beautiful plant also 

 belongs to the tuberous-rooted section, being the issue of 

 D. boliviensis fertilised by B. Pearcei. It was raised by 

 Mr. Nolot. It is a very strong-growing variety, attaining a 

 height of about thirty inches. Leaves elongated, glaucous, 

 spotted and nerved brown, 8 to 10 inches long by 2 to 2 d / 2 

 inches broad. An extremely profuse blooming variety, with 

 very large bright minium red flowers , nearly three inches 

 in diameter. It should be treated, like all other tuberous- 

 rooted, with a period of rest in winter. 



— Obiteaky. — It is with feelings of great regret that 

 we announce the death of a lady of great talent, Mrs. Hooker, 

 the wife of the learned director of Kew Gardens , who was 

 iddenly taken from her family on Nov. 13. The deceased 

 lady was a daughter of the late professor Henslow, and 

 herself well versed in botanical knowledge and other branches 

 of learning. She was of great assistance to her husband 

 in his multifarious duties, and to her we are indebted for 

 a good translation of Le Maout and Decaisne's TraitC de 

 Botanique, and other literary labours. We desire to join 

 with others in our expressions of sympathy with D r Hooker 



! sad bereavement. 



• A. and W. B. 



rOOLHOPE FUNGUS CLUB. 



es of this large 

 Downton Castle 



• The 



mis picaceu 



is euchroits, Cordiceps 



Jus viridis , Agaricus 



etc. The third day's 

 le seat of Lady Emily 



chrysodon, Agaricus 

 , Clavaria flaccida , 

 is, mucidus, mappa, 



(^during 

 all parts' 



ispa from Pine 



woods in Shropshire, Agaricus Junonius, A. gloiocephalus, 

 10 inches high and nearly 18 inches round, Leotia circinans] 

 Lactarius controversy, Radulum fagineum, Lactarius vitel- 

 lines, etc. In England everything finishes with a Homeric 

 dinner, and the jovial party of Fungologists could not depart 

 from the old custom. Accordingly they dined off Salmis of 

 Lycoperdon giganteum, cutlets with Marasmius oreades sauce, 

 " Vegetable Lamb's Kidneys „ Lactarius deliciosus, and Copri- 

 mes soup, etc., and nobody suffered the slightest inconven- 

 ience from this peculiar repast. 

 Garstone Park was visited on 

 furnished Agaricus jubatus , ca 

 Coprinus domesticus, Eygrophoru 

 mannianus, Lactarius controversi 

 rellus radicosus, etc. 



The reading of divers papers on mycology and profitable 

 conversations on various topics filled up the time of the 

 "'"^nas of this cheerful and instructive club, as we are 

 ^formed in Mr. W. Smith's humorous account of the pro- 

 ^••inKs. The club shewed its appreciation of the assistance 

 always so cheerfully accorded by the artist named by pre- 

 senting him with a suitable ai.d fI..-..-=,«-tc,-i^tic- testimonial. 



the last day (Oct. 2) and 

 rbonarius, and pyxidatus, 

 s russeo-coriaceus , H. Cole- 

 's, Clavaria rufa, Cantha- 



