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with Marasmius varicosus, and many 
nicolor, 
liota) u He then ad- 
other plants ei ither rare or quite new. 
eley 
as a botanist and gentleman, and briefly Min e d to 
work taken in hand by the Royal Agricultural 
i isease. 
way in which ES 
| the slightest stain ves selfis 
о come бонча. апа frankly 
о 
self, but by a pup ull, 
followed in са course ek indeed foreseen Rx pointed 
out by Mr. B AR 
. Chas. B. Plowrig hë Who had formed one of the 
party ‘at Foxley, fell very ill early in the afternoon and 
cose dona md ot attend the dinner and read the 
т set dow: im, viz, А Spring Foray at 
W itfield.” Dr. Bu ll, ho bs vis this essay, which 
Ex dealt with a large numb zd r of spring fungi 
found early last summer at 
Edwi orces who was a little 
elevated (he stood on a chair), e read a p and 
рі t paper “ he C 5 саре о Га d- 
scape Objects by Cryptogamic "Vegeta T 
E EJ 
iy yam eos mfr coloured 
After dinner A the botanical NC at the kind 
invitation of as Sq., repaired as usual to 
his gentleman's “house, where tea and coffee were pro- 
ed subjects were 
Here Mr, Broome read a valuable 
ре on the ** Pollinaria and Paraphyses e certain 
ds edel. ect resumé 
with a number 
processes in question. Dr. Coo 
new Scottish fungi, detected s tn at the ‘Perth 
exhibition; the list i 
e said here 
of the Perth „оу 1 accidentally 
inum 
bacea, both new to Britain, neret magni Ment specimens 
iinet Ж, all three brought by Dr. 
bue fro ch. 
d d Vize read a рр: gb the ** Eccen- 
ert in ‘the. Occurrence of Certain Fungi,” the 
appe and 
Hellyhock fungus, &c. At this meeting the pas 
of the Potato disease was again re d 
several ists took part i The 
writer of this report л A a small bottle of turbid 
water which had dripped out of rotten Сыек 
Potatos in oe spring, and which had 
tained antheridi 
= ^ ,an ar from being 
by Y water hy were ^ erhaps better 
coro than when firs que 
person inte- 
tested had a good opportunity of examining these 
cc pus — the microscope, and th 
ге been arranged to keep the fungus SS 
open till Saturday, so the working members were а 
Museum again at 7 on Friday morning, where de. 
paa = 12 putting a few Pog touches to the 
y een sent 
from басен quarters. Amongst tine rarer fungi 
were A, it А. lacteus, A. polystictus, А. 
conspersus, A. dryinus, xanthopus, A. subpal- 
Matus, Cantharellus Friesii, new—the latter ое by 
Master Arthur C. Houghton on an Elder tr г. 
тата s pien at Preston Weald Moss, Welling: 
ton, LY. ides, — (H 5 
new 
loma) glutinosus, o Britain, 
P 
covered. with thick ds. meiner ade in piant x 
dme cns Hh a ete red purpureus, Cond 
assis crisp mphor with a power- 
fal smell like a i der 5 ive Berkeley : says мей, 
СЕС ле nes чнч plants too 
on. ungi was not large, but it vind 
the ** foray,” an excu 
foun in to Herefordshire in Polyporus 
pumeus from an Apple tree. Several specimens of 
ri ere fo d a closely allied 
species not yet described in any book. Fine group 
of Nyctalis parasitica were found growing upon Rus- 
sula fcetans Thelephora anthocephala, T. cristata, 
T. Sowerbei Am Truffles, Hydnangium 
carneum was found, a subterranean fungus new to 
Britain, and amongst 2e magnificent 
Russula mie in abundance by Dr. Bull Credenhill 
is traversed by earth mich in the form of covered 
ways, is s wn by the remains of an immense cam 
of 50 acres, is телее ga by two vos of deep ditches, | 
= of access. Credenhill атри опсе 
mans, and ove erlooked bs cd 
й Kenchester) аё 
seno ok thisda ay Mr. and Mrs. А-А ofC Credenhill 
and is very 
protected the R 
Court, most hospitably entertained the peans 
with a substantial meal and draughts of famous Fox- 
whelp cider. In the evening the last meeting of the 
year was held at Dr. Bulls house, when - Bi 
ings illustrative = = reproductive proces the 
Mushroom tribe w parts exhibited, erint and 
discussed, and Mr. “Chas Plowr ight read a paper 
O Present Position Lor Puccini as a Gen 
This paper dealt with the history of. the destructive 
parasites of our crops and kitchen garden pro ег 
found under this genus, with many critical observati 
и ТЕ 
A last glance at the roo t 7 on куте 
morning, with its кб. oleat of Apples, Pears, 
Quinces and Siberian voe revealed the ay sen of 
befor vut in this report, as 
sig and A. macrorhizus—two 
correct name given to 
Mr. English kindly s iei d a few of his now well- 
known „рор fungi, А Es ed pecias recently 
outh 
exhibited a 
curious ear atarrea, 
m кю taken down to Wi iris 
ways leaves these pleasant fungus meetings 
with NC il with a joe after ail, the 
work has not been all done. Т, me, Dr. Bull, 
Dr. Cooke, Mr. Renny, Mr, Vi e, Mr, Houghton, 
Mr. Plowright, Mr. Perceval, Morris, Mr. 
Phillips, Mr. Lees, and many nat ‘competent men 
worked as ard as possible ; but o and all must 
feel th ork left un- 
finished. In the four “days of the foray many new plants 
crop up which it is impossible n the spot, 
and they perish and are gone уын "diea are named. 
no set of fungi so little understood as the 
year has decided to 
efforts out and order a good 
collection of these plants. of the next meet- 
ing has been settled for the week m September 
25, 1876, and the qe indie v September 28—** The 
king is dead—long live the 
0, wit xs recollections of Here- 
ford and P erth, he. fast ge ae report of the year is 
brought to a close. W. С. Smith. 
Home Correspondent, 
Culture of pei Watercress in Pots.—As your 
correspondent ‘ D." has br ve this subject 
forward I ce you a few on the mode of 
culture adopted here. Soon after ee entered my 
present situation (now nearly seven years ago) 
made a little addition to our glass erections, and my 
employer ( deceased) having a preference 
it and les, I as far as possible to 
do the best I could with salading, including Water- 
cresses, Since that ams I have always cultivated it 
in pots from October to March. We plant the first 
batch of cuttings, consistin g of a dozen or two of - 
size pots, in the first week in October, and put 
successiona ikely to "be Mini 
— pots 
eaving room at 
sand I use some white gravel, washed, which gives 
We obtain three 
I prefer 
- Cress an inviting a 
r four ga from pot. 
poit them in pots for winter supply, as they are so 
easily moved from one house to another i" take 
but little room on side shelves ; and where one sends 
something in t dh of ** ve — " + the жи 
ye every morning Wa 
n and tender, cok 5 think, generally “appreciated, 
get pply 
а. 
RSS 
ч 
ultu 
may require nice salads during 
and have not yet adopted th at К 
£. Batters, Chilworth Manor, Romsey, Hampshir 
The Fox and the itai р foxes т кама ? 
may be asked in reference to ZEsop's Fables. І сап 
answer ^n this that аш will eat fruit. At the side 
of the kitchen ere is an outlying orchard 
containing Apples, Damsons, &c., and adjoining this 
haw with lar ich 
were about to take the girth lay a billet taining 
Damson stones, Apple , black-beetles’ heads, 
gs and wings, also the centre short joints of the 
backbone of a rabbit, and the hairs from off i t 
were taken into the st of the animal when 
licking and cleaning its he smell was t 
which would have M arem up the face of a hunts- 
m that of a may just say that two 
earths of cubs were та in this park during the 
present ете xd and six i 
mention that by no n thing 
to find Cherry Mad in the "billets of the жаы {тот 
i trees. Philip den 
Addington Park, near Masiitétie; Kent. 
Limekiln mm. and Puddling.—As Mr. 
Bennett has as leased a n “їп a hole," where the 
but m not ina 
ertake ** contracts ” of that sort, as he 
eden before offering me the job. It may 
1 
the ** —— ” at Rabley, has stated that Mr. 
Cowan has ** succe i 
( 
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to see him enjoying at Rabley 
such aer ge гил. as he experienced at Hatfield, 
an hich now, are the reward of a uiet 
defrayed d 6 of fuel, 
e to read Mp see has written on 
the subject A № evidence to this effect, but, 
=m ding a balance-sheet published vd the 
any, other iden nce, the kiln not only 
defrays the et of fuel, but leaves a margin of phy $ 
ery conspicuous letter of 
e company’s catalogue, and to 
careful consideration ” o 
that the > Hatfield kiln 
is a ‘‘ decided success,” 
his 
which * е а п апа 
all are invited, has decla 
*! exceeded his expectations,” 
ibd. a ** glorious cing ' one can only conclude that 
it hci area ore than its most sanguine - 
jectors ci ый or asserted, or else that 
» put 
— s adjectives are mere empty phrases 
mpl adorn a tale.” I should never Бей 
troubled pm on this subject had not Mr. Bennett 
ared to consider 
especiall ет rrespondent's name is genuine, 
“S. E.," as Mr. Gordon D: states, pie us a lot 
e unable to 
of chemical information that al perso 
unravel, and, like Mr. Gordon, I aol be glad if 
| *S, E." could tell us how it is that over 7000 feet of 
piping can be heated from a kiln 
and coal combined in proportions of 6 bashels of coal 
