22 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



for water-troughs, drinking- vessels, platters [Gamble]. Other Asiatic 

 species are A. Punduana (Wallich), A. Chinensis (Bunge), A. 

 dissimilis (Blume). 



JEscuhlS lutea, Wangenheim. (A. flava, Aiton.) 



The " Buck-eye/' North-America. This showy tree rises occa- 

 sionally to a height of 80 feet. The wood is light, soft and porous, 

 not inclined to split or crack in drying. It is valuable for troughs, 

 bread-trays, wooden bowls and shuttles [Simmonds], also for ceiling 

 and wainscoting [Mohr]. 



JEsculus turbinata, Blume. 



Japan. The " Tochnoki." Height to 40 feet. Valuable as a 

 promenade-tree for shade, some planted at Japanese pagodas spread- 

 ing to extraordinary width [Dr. Mene]. The seeds are there used 

 for human food. The hardy Chinese A. Sinensis is very closely 

 allied to this, and flowers later than A. Hippocastanum [Dr. Masters]. 



Agaricus csesareus, Schaeffer. 



In the spruce-forests of Middle and Southern Europe. Trials 

 might be made to naturalise this long-famed and highly delicious 

 mushroom in our woodlands. It attains a width of nearly 1 foot, and 

 is of a magnificent orange-colour. Numerous other edible Agarics 

 could doubtless be brought into this country by the mere dispersion 

 of the spores in fit localities. As large or otherwise specially 

 eligible may here be mentioned, on the authority of Dr. Rosenthal, 

 who alludes to many more, A. extinctorius L., A. melleus Vahl, A. 

 deliciosus L., A. giganteus Sowerby, A. Cardarella Fr., A. Marzu- 

 olus Fr., A. Eryngii Cand., A. splendens Pers., A. odorus Bulliard, 

 A. auricula Cand., A. oreades Bolt., A. esculentus Wulf., A. mou- 

 ceron Tratt., A. socialis Cand., A. laccatus Scop., all from Europe, 

 besides numerous other highly valuable species from other parts of 

 the globe. Professor Goeppert adds as edible species, sold in Silesia 

 and other parts of Germany : A. decorosus Fries, A. fusipes Bull., 

 A. gambosus Fries, A. procerus Scop., A. scorodonius Fries, A. sil- 

 vaticus Schaeff., A. virgineus Wulf., A. volemus Fries, besides the 

 almost cosmopolitan A. campestris Linne and A. arvensis SchaefFer. 

 Dr. M. C. Cooke mentions of Agarics besides as European (mostly 

 British) kinds, fit for the kitchen : A. rachodes Vitt., A. personatus 

 Fr., A. nebularis Batsch, A. dealbatus, Sow., A. geotropus Bull., 

 A. salignus Tratt., A. prunulus Scop., A. mutabilis Schaeff., A. 

 squarrosus O. Muell., A. pudicus Viv. Dr. L. Planchon noted the 

 following among the French edible species additionally: A. vaginatus 

 Bull., A. ovoideus Bull., A. rubescens Fr., A. caligatus Viv., A. 

 terreus Schaeff., A. albellus Cand., A. nudus Bull., A. crassipes 

 Desm., A. piperatus L., A. cylindrius Cand., A. pluteus Fr., A. bom- 

 bycinus Schaeff. Dr. Goeze speaks particularly of A. palometus, 

 Thore and A. graveolens, Pers. Several of these extend spontaneously 

 to Australia. 



