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908 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Novem 13, m 
— shroom “which | however, does the official : 
ned themselves pi retty strictly to legiti iti- | known under the name of Horse Mus ua , Paw Belgian repon cm 
=i 8 ecies without Agen fiy 1 se to such | by many is — poisonous, but w ich is con- | scend to afford even a particle € informan te- 
doubtfu h ler the name of Num- od toa very great extent with safety, though he Pomologieal section was wholly 
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articular cause, and the f terms employe ers a 
report indicate He very imperfect te of the 13 ey in diameter, 
me 7 ce ing m s tae a 
tt by Fungi, and tha at by species Bs n the gills i in er batio are nearly white, and me kind wh Ed ay me accustomed i es 
considered wholesome, that large meals consisting | the cap is 4 . r the ea 
i y pin 
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shell-fish, and even eges are positively | in France u nder the name of boules ae eige, leme, 1 y inferior to those var. 
poisonous to certain be- on tions, we need not be is so e esteemed in Italy that it is n. y VITTA-|1n beauty, with us a most essential attribute, J 
— that instances should oot of "X arising | DINI, the great Italian authority or on put matters, | otherwise the reporter, who here guides us is 
from the use of. Mushrooms, especially when dee is NS ould not counsel our | blame, for not giving the public the smallest * 
ad, grat that dele terius species may km ixed friends to part im of a stew made of of information. Apples yeas 33 
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(Agaricus Oreades). No person who had once|and not reaching the stem, which may be con- Alexandre and Muscat blanc, Sion Vauban 
seen a true Champignon could by any chance founded with 4. arvensis, and is of doubtful | Brusselloos, Montesclivia, Chasselas Ni 
make such a mistake, but it is very possible| quality. This might very easily be substituted by Saint Bernard, &c. Of Pine Apples there wasis 
o make an equally fatal mistake as regards careless gatherers for the true Horse Mushroom. on e exhibition, in which ra naked what are cad 
another species. The pleasure-grounds at Kew The Blewits which are now abundant in Pres La 8 ité and Trois fontaines, w m 
absolutely swarmed last autumn. with the true|fields, and w hich are sometimes sold in Lond 
Champignon ; but mixed with this, which is the | | iting by the stem being tinged "with lilac” ‘Finally, there bah silat? Horticultural —— 
safest and best of all Fungi, was a specie of s deed ens that they are scarcely | perly so ea ed. e find ourselves 
Agaricus urens, 8 difficult to distinguish | worth notice. al persons died at Cambridge | assimilated to our Belgian t brethren, and v 
on a superficial view. The gills, however, were some years ago, after eating largely of this mixed less to notice. There was a great man 
narrower, eloser, and of a pale brownish tint, | with other species. and Orchids, and Palms; some Mallows, D 
instead cf being broad, distant, and cream-| Man other species as A. nebularis, - and China Asters; a many Fuchsias, 
coloured, are the hot aaa taste of the one, | podius, A. geotrapus, &e., ar vesini by enthu- implements, plans of garde i 
ap ns, 
from whence it takes its name, as compared with siastic Fungus eaters, but for our own part we and the like. But in the enumeration of is 
the delicate. aroma of meas othe € pond the matter think most of them detestable, though we have plants we again find that disregard of 
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' doubtful eh 1 a | are or 
which every on is so wel acquainted, is eir 
to be found in ` rers P nature, person who There a are certain gr m ‘the great BELGIAN whole we — say that the jo port ii 
should judge of the wholesomeness of what he EXHIBITION oF AG 1 ND gs i ereditable to a S 10 MN 
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-eommon . 0 [ i m ience re 
H elosely =: 3 some ot which are ut the San t Puf. a dee said to be exquisite. | ii. They are 8 produced nfm 
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unive ye as some of the most "pem Mush- therefore eee, Dod e. MH d now before| We have nothing to u j 
room growers never use anything except horse- amphlet of 72 pages, the following facts were given in the Agricultural 1 
droppings. Mr. NGRAM, for instance, at Belvoir, Boi which some idea ma be formed of the state that a Medal was awarded to an ext 
employs, we believe, exclusively the straw which | of horticulture in that prosperous country, the Agricultural Machines—for their number | 
is trampled un n the m feet in the ne gar ardens of which have a reputation beyond any one of which was tried; and that those " 
sebo l, and w asses consisting of others on the continent. The exhibition was ar- | were e assed among esculents. When we ee 
many loads eutinly threaded pers healthy weg Mes zed under the immediate authority of the Duke | the Pomolo, ical section we are struck the í 
The most generally approved variety of Mush- | de 8 by the Royal Linnean Society of markable fact that although the exhi 
room, and the one almost mte employed in | Brussels, an association to idm any one may Apples and Pears alone would seem to have 
many establishments where ushrooms are not|belong M paying 4s. 2d. a yea very large, there were only 15 
raised 3 wh a un MN not Weed The subjec ects of — duci to of 33. No Medals were given for 
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may in general be eaten with perfect safety, though | In the a enen diviiion, ined correspondent M. de Joxeme, who woul 
5 M ney poisonous, and excluded | usual 1 ural 75 roduce, there in tin * eie for — and of whom very 10 
There is howe > yer a ft hi kitchen g ci cse of all kinds, including even | mention is m 
little pee: T variety of th * s which is but Capsi hem Tom sweet herbs; plants of this 
BU haa been die 3 ES ‘a ee, kind Mis excluded from the oe Neen class. by which is meant t ^ 
_ nally it resembles the 1 . Aster: | Even. frui rmed fruits d'agré wh EN ever plants, the report shows again An © 
often less sealy, but it is easily hed h y x ei dide admitted n. “Then want of merit in the e 
à g out a rich red juice istinguis divided. also Hemp and Flax, raw, pee half free ° | medals except one are re ; 
id nal owe under tote: SAE June CUR pared, d — Maize rghum in plants in flower; none were Ci 
which we are well an have fed 1 Ni a Xy orani any persons, Hops, butter, though three were offered ; sme P9 
it tivo or three tim sa da dur 5 argely on Osiers, Potatoes, "of which one person produc ed] Ferns and Gesnerads shared the ot | 
of lay during the greater part | 54 v gU deter ec Artichokes, artifieial ma- | every medal bei withheld 3 — pi 
ures, e countr in flower was 
Areses verity c browner gi gills + os re uire * im the Vine pie "ots relating to ei rp eer classes. Tt is not for £ 
character, and distinguished 1 Aon ‘the ond nan ve an oney , s, Co. In| to assign a reason for this; but x the fuso. 
form principally by a 8 pungent odour | viz win cups fo whi oh 8 be s following ‘novelties, | be permitted to remark that jt the great Des 
and browner gills, of which, - the species just cuts in ; P report it would seem el ilfully, or 99 
sorry to sedet wm elegans 8, “another Society has pn very a 
Besides A. campestris s there is another ver ass; e os lire of the Freneh, ealled by | merits of gian gardeners er 
useful and more abundant species, A. pee us the Soy Hea 0 - Ras ong Saradelle— — gardens have boon exer i: 
sar fe scars a a Ornithopus sativus), onitivated succesfully 40 OUND MARSH 
— the present low rate, some of the collectors have hundreds years ag green crop instead of Vetehes on ULTIVATION ent of Ji 
4 e of mie. Mushrooms on their hands for which c ibang sans near — tford, but now we I First. visited the e establish’ 2259 
“+ It is said for repo in one case that there was a stro: fo Upon e of these se plants, Pep 
smell of d is a term employed by B ri C pounds cf Mushroom. w but — a model 3 
T y SRACONNOT to u— -five = ee ne rooms, which by the dealers ere is 8 onse for of which mi 
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ording to the state afi ellias, both 
* m TEX d epe T "d I should er 
ae hich are is 
t only plants of this End W (it 
en cut or . being scarce 40 Marseilles 
