Атви, 23, 1887.] 
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GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE. 
545 
Bulliard, and the Agaricus prunulus of other authors, 
abounds on the hill valley of 
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16 pos a pound," Letter frem Profi Balbi to 
Persoo 
i Ges a mousserons jd une Ea ен epaisse, 
ferme, d'un gout, et d'u n pa On le 
conserve desséchés, et il s a ын à duds une 
Fic. 104.—st, GEORGES MUSHROOM, 
5 grande quantité sous le nom mousserons de 
hes On les a appelle. spasi mousserons blancs, 
champignon: uscats," Rogu 
The following are methods of cooking Agaricus 
gambosus :— „йе шее 
t mode of cooking Agaricus gambosus 
mince or fricasee it with any sort of 
Е ‚ the flavour of which it 
mply denis 2 mae 
to prevent betin ma ie ce piee 5 
lent dish,” Dr. r. Badian it constitutes Of roa Pod an exits 
akfast Agarie—Place some fresh-made 
nicely divided, E * ee and put the Agarics upon 
who 
without — 
- сеи тма ад ета - i table, во as to pre- 
ethe h h, on lifting up 
wd ponite will ye те атаа the room, 1 
(seg Р, 544.) 
AGARICUS GAMBOSUS, 
broiled, or stewed, or baked. s dries very 
readily when divided into pieces, and r ©; pae 
1 A few ‚рї it 
or 
Dr. “Бий, of Hereford 
It only remains to be т» that by an unfortunate 
misapprehension am has described Agaricus 
osus under the name TE ~» prunu 
lent, but totally different A e has also made 
“ confusion worse con эы unded ed” by p A. exqui- 
situs the “St. George's Agari exquisitus 
is no other than our aid friend hd z em Mush- 
room," А. arvensis. Slips like these have a deter- 
rent effect on Mp neophytes. 
I have seen Fea s personatus, " edible fungus 
alied to A. osus, growing in the gambosus 
rings in autumn; ; in other words, ا‎ and per- 
Worthington ё, Smith, Dunstable, 
ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS., 
E Чура" 
CŒLOGYNE OCELLATA MAXIMA. 
AF E specimen of the true vai of this fine 
Orchid i is in bloom in Messrs, James Veitch & Son's 
ACT at Chelsea, Ew м» which are quite twice 
re pure white, the broad 
abel fae ing two blotches of dpt bordered 
ot the least of its charms is its 
delightful pae which pervades ы house in 
which the plant is growing. 
VANDA Panisun YAR. MARRIOTTIANA, 
'This fine — чө» м original V. Parishii, has 
the vend of growt very stout Phalænopsis ; 
its ae , however, onl resemble the ordinary V. 
in serit ape and i md wax-like texture, and 
забуту г brown colour of its 
The бе example a Vi Parishii Marriott- 
. James aime aaa tan 
the tower rS being almos wholly of th 
niliar = us in airasia rae 
The plant is a very free grower and 
profuse bloomer when once established. J. О'В, 
ORCHIDS AT Moar Lopes, BECKENHAM, 
In the neat little eae of W. B. Lemon, Esq., 
and under the care of Mr. H. Adams, the gardener, 
there is а good display а Orchid bloom on the stout 
healthy plants in both cold and warm houses. In 
e Odontogloss some varieties of 
massive broad-petalled flowers of 
the highest excellence, are in bloom, and with them 
asdevallias, О. Andersonianum, 
Halli, O. Cervantesi О. C. deco- 
wer, good s of P. Stuarti 
«анын, a P. Schiflerians, on very healthy and 
well-grown plants, 
ELMSTEAD GRANGE, CHISLEHURST. 
n these gardens (belonging to J. Scott, Esq.), 
something stig and noteworthy to 
p olabiums an d 
bbii is ‘ hrows 
with growths some 12 or 14 feet in length 
f O. crispum, О. © 
gloriosum, O. Rossi majus 
grandiflora, Masdevalli 
and several forms of w ell "etate Cypripe 'diums, The 
