MUSHROOMS. 



We have pleasure in in- 

 troducing to our readers 

 a new contributor to the 

 pages of the Canadian 

 Horticulturist in the per- 

 son of Dr. J, J. Hare, 

 Principal of the Ontario 

 Ladies' College at Whit- 

 by. Many members of 

 our Association will re- 

 member with pleasure 

 his genial face, and warm 

 greeting he ex tended to us 

 on the occasion of our 

 meeting at Whitby, nor 

 the kind contributions of 

 vocal and instrumental 

 music made by the young 

 lady students of Whitby 

 Ladies' College. 



Dr. Hare has an excel- 

 lent record, having been 

 Principal of the College 

 smce its inauguration in 

 1874, and under his care 

 it has grown to be a 

 most flourishing institu- 

 tion. The young ladies 

 are prepared for first and 

 second year examinations 

 with honors of Toronto 

 LTniversity. The depart- 

 ments of music, fine art, 

 elocution, commercial 

 branches and domestic 

 economy, are all equally 

 well provided for. 



Dr. Hare is well known 

 at Grimsby Park, having 

 lectured therein all 

 eighteen times on differ- 

 ent scientific subjects. 



Fig. 1937. Dk. J. J. Hare. 



iT the time of the meeting- of the Fruit 

 Growers' Association in Whitby last 

 ^^^ year I promised the worthy editor of 

 this journal that I would write for him 

 an article on Mushrooms. 1 have on 

 different occasions since that time been 

 courteously reminded of my promise, but 

 have hitherto been unable to fulfil it. The 



fact of the^matter is, the subject is too 

 extended and too important to be condensed 

 into one article, and hence I feel oblig-ed, if 1 

 undertake the work at all, to write a series 

 of short articles descriptive not only of some 

 of the more common edible mushrooms, but 

 also of some of the poisonous species. In 

 doing so I shall be guided larg-ely by what 



