466 THE-- 
GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[Остовкк 9, 1895, 
Take hold of that fungus and suck in its 
And you'll ge 
horus— 
sap, 
Thither let every one cheerful 
К те des ‘ll pick upa wrinkle or two, 
Sandy I see by piles nose that сэ snuff, 
Go gather a den of those * puff ;” 
And wi a '' bawbee "' pm ray in a store, 
g as Ben More. 
Fill your nose and mull, (00, ъа they 
Choi hurrah, &c. 
Arrah Pat! did you say that you wanted a light? 
Here is tinder bedad ! to Phe се lig ht, 
And that too for nothing if you 
And кч that ird D a videt) Boshroodk 
rs —Then hurrah, & 
ungi do tie on the Б деса 
es afford no supply 
The eir scd аса greater prove th of fungi 
urrah, &c. 
с. our crops should decay and M Veget 
can't touch us while fungi prevail. 
y &6 
What a debt do we owe, sirs, to thd and iem 
For teaching us how “АЛ without be 
the — Ам 
er stew ta with frogs’ legs and ‘snails, 
Chorus—Then hurrah, &c 
W. С. Smith. 
Royal ремен: : October 6. =r gM Mg 
Esq., in the The Rev 
announcing pedis made by the Frui i Find lori 
mmittees, and by the judges of the fungi, called 
attention to the merits the Worcester Pearmain 
Apple, a new variety shown by Mr h, nursery- 
man, Wor r, of which th ore 
beautiful, reminding the speaker of the saying applied 
to a beautiful lady ‘‘she has k beautiful 
as a Borsdorffer Apple." For Borsdorffer they could 
ae substitute pen er Pearmain, its colour bei ng 
rich and beaut s its flavour i 
better an the N onpareil or mA but it жой! still 
be valuable for the Ў t. Edmunds imo 
shown by Mr. Harvey, resembled the Golden Russe 
and cfe eme ge in ity; but its med 
ripening coming into use now, 
Vit but х few me у Кас es were to ' 
Mr. Ber alluded © с i 
the Tuan en eit sack OF baut attackin fruit. m 
had been trou ) 
he could affirm that the bees had been ten 
destructive than the wasps ever were, Мы the 
bi fruits, кй. net the partially rotten or decayed 
as had ated, 
are рс я ‘hen referred to the ae = 
dnt in the adjoining corridor, which he desc 
sm et interesti for, Comparative: pesi 
ing, no competition taken place. Mr. English, 
of Epping, y the field all to himself, for 
were Other exhibitors they had not 
ent names as competitors, and so 
i ineligible for prizes, and they must 
be content with a cordial i of thanks in place of 
ing m i Mr. B first 
referred to 
curious specim Ba (Pau) exhibited by 
Mr. m ты, in qe the outer coat was split and 
wn back after the manner of one of the Starry 
Puffballs (Geaster) ; v kc explained the differences 
in structure of vari balls known the 
заса na praised 
е! e. of Boletus edulis, its 
_ features. He then -to some me eg a 
Horse М h name 
of particular variety of the 
Agaricus arvensis : this 
Horse ыо M Ms Berkeley considered was 
same with Mrs. Hussey's H 
lan sibl ade d " гу J cul 
plant, possibly e dangerous its 1 
habitat under hedg A Ме зеб t 
spoke of how the hroom was orbidden 
might in some way influence the alkaloids of the 
Mushroom there 
e then spoke of Celery and other plants which гм 
ийй. and dangerous when wild, b but become pleasan 
mild, and wholesome under tion, He c 
referred to the fine starry Puflballs sent by Mr. Bee 
from w. t ter Mi- 
illustrated inthe Gardeners Chronicle 
for May 3, “1873 (see fig. 99. This handsome fungus, 
Mr. ` found 
on 
varieties of Camellia were 
he at once hirise Yes ; which showed that the para- 
times more 
site was introduced with the plants. Mr. Berkeley 
- adverted to the collection of ngi brought by the 
awyer, and especially to the discovery 
of Семегей clavatus as a British Plant Ы that or 
man ; but this ff, and, c 
gton EX ith respecting the 
were first published in the 
described how ky КӨн 
їпүез- 
оп] e plants 
^ Be det wes ur le 
dore dm recentl wn 
and elsewhere, Loi 
E the same subject. 
ү of Cryptogams, Mr. Berkeley explained how 
some species went on growing and propagating them- 
n forty years without 
species of mosses whi 
с country, MA the plant 
y be quite a aid i quite pos- 
sible that the same state of ‘things might ho ld good 
ipe es s the Potato disease. 
ted at не ram to a 
Mr. 
in a o state 
repr som 
Mr. Smith's drawings and prin e his notes which a 
to be read next week at Hereford, we will leave this 
important subject for the present, Mr Berkeley. then 
referre эке causes the 
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eder i frui ts 
and spoke with approval of the stration of the 
pana published in this paper ; he referred to 
the d the тер узд of its fruit po 
Asc comyoes, and referred to by Mr. Berkeley at some 
length in the last Bader of the Gardeners’ Chronicle. 
In concluding his rem of € ie work on fungi, 
he referred to the as Peridermium 
nd its bad eect pen ene: Coniferze, 
Кы 
Mr. Berkeley then течи ented upon an extremely 
de collection of Conifer cones, sent by the 
Rev, J. T. Boscawen, from Lamorran, 
Cornwall, accom by a жш. from which the 
following extract was read :— 
t I have sent two hampers from my garden of common 
неч thinking that you may care to have them, for 
hough ther ме common yet they may interes 
account of its being one of the v 
for plan ear "M and w 
me the only Conifer 
the squirrels do not attack, and 
: can e Love si why. It must 
indeed puz 
Hoed pm nd and practically in ng 
I have seni comm 
Silver Tur (Abies Роса), А. cephalonica and A. Nord- 
em Ther : the cones one with the 
er. e t whos ym nm еб so much 
с ена по — the "1 ii ca see as great 
cones as 1 їп the it 
and growth h of the — I have e good specimens 
of A. cephaloni. t in habit. The Pinus 
I send it use 
Put iic is true 1 rted s 
wish you to compare the cone e one of Pinus Laricio, 
if you have o Im can Pine we 
Rd cogit 
Itivat ted than it is, because R suits our 
damp climate butter than the Larch we e plant, the wood 
of which is often diseased after a fe 
t believe a a sound t ree has ever been 
wonder at my sending cones of Sip 
I do so | 
iffere: 
Hartweg said so! I have men t 
6 two specimens I sen i i 
wa tar and A gigantea have both fruited 
eed sad many times. ао Pp the same year, the 
her takes sd years to ripen. I could not convince a 
was here a short time ago that they 
were diferent, iba I ones him the cone." 
The Chairman proposed that a vote of thanks be 
passed to Mr. Beech, Castle Ashby; Mr. Burnett, 
The Deepdene ; Mr. Henry, Mrs. Lloyd Wynn 
the Rey. H. W. Sa er, C pm ir gh 
various collections of fangi. 
oe 
S iard 
inflaences of the Tm 
EXHIBITION OF е оао of үз 
S clavipes, 
A. dryinus, A. flaccidus, and A. conissans, were all 
well e nted. 
ER. (IL W. 54 кун ыш. a large white 
ori Нуры myces, some fine specim 
(Tremellodon) gelatinosum, age elk 
garicus fim of Bolton, 
Clavaria a 
Pufibulls, 
Unu судал ѕресіт «тб ot Cyno 
were Te the bie, with Paxillus —— «o Agaricus 
cr 
macrocep us tremellosus and Cor 
cerulescens, and other plants of less interest. | 
sent Geast ichelianus from 
Castle Ashby, a ay which has been fully illustrated 
in these pages (May 3, 1873), and the credit of its 
the Rev. M, J. B It has bec 
of | ith certa i 
sh botanists, w 
o find Mr. Berkeley's s ome 
escribed under a new name by Pr -— 
been previously Published, in print in a 
— of this coun 
: essor Dyer brought a A ge of Geaster 
M 
сой. 
hota, sent by Professor Van Eeden from the sand. 
hills of Haarlem. W. 
FLORAL ComMMITTEE.—W. В, Kellock, Esq., in 
the chair. The weather, bright, warm, and genial, 
was the means of drawing a much better company - 
t expe the ting t and for- 
tunately there was a capital display on the ' whole а 
int ^ sent a — 
new plants, in specimens 
w 
grown, and most pe coloured, bapti subjects 
5 
&c. The committee passed a vote of 
d 
recom 
award of a silver medal. 
meus 
vote of cree Em ассо! 
& Sons - a small group, WU included, a nice 
filamentosa, 
mnes &c. "These also 
and a Cultural Commendation was voted 
was 
y grown 
2n Бе ТЕКЕ gr. to J. T. г 
u M A: 
class Certificat a 
ginz, and the committee recommend : 
the Council for the award of a gold medal. From sn 
P -bearing E 
eacock’s en came a 
Ficus Cooperi. Mr, Noble, Sunningdale № T ораз 
Варзһо!, a basket ум small a of pr 
> beautiful ires of 
a on 
Mane d fne specimens of 
i pumilum, noticed at P. od 
higher ers very | 
seedling r by Mr, Noble. — UE rel mn ond i | 
of fine 1: large. flowering and. bouquet 
the latter being one named Dove, an ex 
identification with Micheli's plant is беш! due to | 
the fashion — 
thanks, 
the collection to 2: " Comet for the - 
