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to the root, towards tlie outer edge more (3-5) laniellas were formed 

 between the entire ones; stipe solid, and of a lather close texture. 

 This Agaric was so phosphorescent that in a dark room it gave 

 sufficient light to read by. The whole mushroom seemed to be 

 equally luminous except the upper testa of the pileus; the gills of the 

 hymenium were rather brighter than the rest. The light was of that 

 peculiar white appearance seen in the electric lamp, only, of 

 course, very faint; on bringing the fungus towards a room brilliantly 

 lighted, it gradually paled, and when in the room only presented the 

 appearance of an ordinary white mushroom. 



In concluding this paper, I would like to give the following 

 directions taken from Dr. Badham's work, as to how to choose edible 

 mushrooms. 



1st — No pleasant smelling fungus is poisonous. 



2nd — Some that have no smell are poisonous. 



3rd — Avoid those that are bitter or parch the throat. Those 

 that yield spiced milk or are of a livid flesh color. Those that 

 assume hues on being broken. Those that are pectinate, that is, 

 have equal gills like a comb. 



4th — Do not eat after a slug. 



5th — Avoid all mushrooms that are past tlieir prime. 



THE PHANEROGAMOUS PLANTS OF STUDLEY 



PARK, KEW, NEAR MELBOURNE. 



By F. Reader. 



Read before the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria, Jan. 12, 1885. 



(Part I.) 



Of all the so-called parks situated in and near Melbourne, none 

 claim that somewhat misused appellation in a wider sense thaii 

 Studley Park. It is almost entirely surrounded by the curiously 

 winding river Yarra, whose banks and rocky slopes are verdant 

 with luxurious growth of manifold herbs and grasses. L^mbrageous 

 wattles with golden blossoms diffuse in spring a delicious aroma. 

 Stately eucalypti, she-oaks, native cherry and blue-berry trees 

 predominate; in short, Studley Park presents all those attractions so 

 freely supplied by nature in this vast dominion of the globe. Hence 

 the park is the resort of many pedestrians who gladly avail them- 

 selves of the so easily attainable retirement from the city's overheated 

 dwellings, to cast off every day's care and drudgery, and enjoy 

 nature's beauteous treasures. 



Studley Park affords the botanist many points of interest by the 

 manifold and varied forms of species. Save marine algfe, species of 



