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During my stay at Neuilly, I made a small collection of gill- 
fungi in the Bois de Boulogne, which were determined for me 
by Dr. Patouillard. 
nt orning of October 28, I left Paris for London via 
Calais and Dover, arriving about sundown, and taking a suburban 
train for Kew the same evening. The day was fine and the 
journey through France and southern England delightful. The 
cool weather had tinged the poplars along the highways and the 
young hardwood forests planted on the sterile uplands with bright 
autumnal tints, while the grass on the meadows and most of 
the foliage in the lowlands was still green. Intensive farming 
operations continued as usual for the season. On nearing the 
coast, stretches of the common heather in flower, and thickets 
of Scotch broom became very conspicuous, the latter being much 
used for sweeping. The small twigs of deciduous trees and 
shrubs are also abundantly used for this purpose in France and 
elsewhere in Europe. 
The Royal Gardens at Kew, in many ways the most attractive 
public gardens in the world, are situated on the south bank of 
the Thames, in the suburbs of London. They contain beautiful 
lawns, lakes, and vistas; curving paths bordered with decorative 
shrubs; thickets of holly, azalea, and rhododendron; groves 
magnificent beeches and evergreens; and towers, hare eae 
gardens, museums, and many glass houses. The two largest 
houses, the palm house and the temperate house, errs 
impress the visitor on account of their splendid perspective, which 
would be impossible in a climate like that of New York, where 
interiors must be subdivided for heating purposes. 
The mycological - herbarium at Kew is very complete, the col- 
scribed by Berkeley: Cooke, Massee, and others. There are also 
arge collections from Ceylon, India, eastern Asia, and many 
other parts of the world. 
During a stay of nearly two weeks at Kew, I collected a 
number of interesting gill-fungi in the garden grounds, whic 
were kindly determined for me by Professor Massee and Mr. 
