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Poisonous Toadstools. — Prof. Hal- 

 sted says there are three very poisonous 

 toadstools, all belonging to the genus 

 Amanita, viz., The Fly Amanita, the 

 Death Cup and the Vernal Amanita. 

 Only last October, three persons in 

 Trenton, N.J., died from eating the 

 Death Cup, and leave a warning to us 

 against ignorantly using fungi, Dr. 

 Peek warns against fungi, (i) in button 

 state or decayed (2) with swollen base 

 and white gills, (3) with milky juice, 

 (4) with cap or pileus thin in proportion 

 to the gills; (5) tube bearing fungi, of 

 which flesh changes color when cut ; 

 (6) fungi with spider-web ring about the 

 upper part of the stalk. 



Extreme Cold does not seem fatal 

 to the vitality of seeds we judge by an 

 experiment of Tripler's with liquid air. 

 Seeds of pea, wheat, oat, barley, squash 



and cucumber were kept at the unim- 

 aginably low temperature of 312 degrees 

 below zero for no hours, and then 

 gradually thawed for fifty hours. The 

 seeds were then planted, and they germ- 

 inated and grew, none the worse for their 

 exposure. 



Standard Sizes for Fruit Pack- 

 ages.— We notice that Mr. Penny's bill, 

 regulating the sizes of fruit packages is 

 creating considerable discussion, and 

 that some growers and dealers are not 

 very favorable to its provisions. 



The objections urged are that the 

 standard is neither imperial nor wine 

 measure ; and that its adoption would 

 necessitate an entirely different size of 

 crate, and a different size wagon box for 

 carrying to advantage. 



We think that bill is a move in the right 

 direction and we hope something will be 



