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phren $ geg = old peri cow manure, 
nsidered too much 
and where 
ore wood 
and do well for 
trees is wejadicial w gah successful grow 
—This may be api all the 
of 
from gå ools. A essing off the lowe 
leaves, insert the cuttings in a mixture of light sandy 
eat i in which half-rotten aoa abound. 
the boxes, or whatever is u he shady side of a 
ro- 
mats in severe wint 
that is ot hikes and such hd en ought to be dis- 
when the weather 
rate in its rak 
Plant in March into ‘the beds. It is of the greatest . 
importance to have this done before drough sets in. 
Nothing is more avour ae them 
the evenings succe A hot s days will prove o 
the greatest benefit both in prese igour and sus- 
ining a su ion of bloom on the plants. Finally. 
-keep a sharp look out for y in the early part 
of summer, as should these noxious insects once get a 
footing their effects are most hurtful. The exter- 
i m acquain ooley’s tobacco- 
minator I am acquainted with is 
powder, puffed out of the astic bottle made for the 
pose. Fi 
PEARS. 
KE ee oe owe ae 
B 
ter, seit d’'Amanlis, Chau + Triomphe de 
Jodoigne, and Colmar. G. Idson, Keith Hall. 
AYRSHIRE.—Hessle, Beurré de Capiaum 
void Egg, succeed the best S oos rds. Pears seldom 
ur Z 
e in flavour here. 
irvine ne. 
BERWICK. Te par ge Beurré d’Amanilis, and Marie 
regular croppers. Peter 
re oa 
Williams’ Bon See Louise 
‘Amaniis, Deguna ena 
ren, iel, ance, Brown 
Beurré, Comte de Lamy, Duchesse da Angole e, Eas 
mi 
acon’s Inco mparable, 
— T. 
Mite Wycombe A bey. 
CAITHNESS.—The best age rar are the e Jargonell 
Nain, Muirfowl Egg, S s. Egg, a Beirré 
Diel. John Sutherland, Langrel ” Peas o 
; ke s do "l on a south 
Citron des 
E comple ~ ee well as 
Louise will not. 7. Ticehurst, 
Liandilo, 
—The 
Nye Pears pon È preti best usi are Citron 
Canna nelle tien, Marie 
Louise - mi =, Jorgo "a Crassane, 
Aston Town my tas a standard), Winter Nelis, Beurré Diel, 
orceau, Duchesse d'Angoulême, Beurré, 
W. Whi ott Crewe Ha 
oie aa Doyen 
Bon Chrétien, Trout Pear, Jargo- 
nelle, J oxéphine de Malines, and Glo u Morceau. F. 
Ng 
EX.—We have ald fair crops of Marie Louise, 
almost certain cropper), 
Beurré, Beurré de 
à 
Jersey, r, Winter Nelis, “Passe Col 
varieties of Beurrés. E. Bennett, Hat. 
“Kent. — Williams’ Bon Chrétien Jargonelle, re 
a pee Louise. Thom 
becomes more mode- . 
ae me —The varieties which appear to do best 
h Beurré Diel, Beurré d’Amanlis, Beurré Rance, 
a 
gonelle, Marie Louise, Louise Bonne of Je rsey, Winter 
Nelis, Beurré Diel, and Easter Beurré, William Smyth, 
Elmham Hall Gardens. 
NORTHAMPTON. — The varieties which we have proved 
aster Bergamot, Brown Beurré, 
berg, Althorp Crassane, inter 
Nelis, Glou i, sh ea on, Ne Plus Meuris, and 
Uvedale’s St. Ger EF Worraker, Milton, Peter- 
borough. 
— Allkinds do very well here. Jorn Smith, Althorp 
Gardens, 
—Among varieties enar, seldom fail to 
n des Carmes, on 
i 
Autumn Bergamot, oe 
iert Bellissime TEG, CiN de Lamy, and a É 
rom F: which I do not know. Fone 
‘Scott, Peter 
“STAFFORD.—Citron des Carmes, Doyenné d'Eté, Jar- 
gonelle, Williams’ Bon Chrétien, Jersey Gratioli, Louise 
Bonne of Jerse arie Louise, orceau, José- 
phine de M es, ams Winter Nelis. Æ. Simpson, 
gemer 43 ha ee ımpton. 
slowing are among some we grow and find 
the e best iage rt s, Anna Nelis, Ga > fgg ne 
, Autumn Bergamot “(this Pear flavour quite 
peculiar to itself: it is very rich, and is a first-class little 
ear ; my employers are very fond of it), rré Diel, 
Easter Beurré, Beurré Bosc, Beurré d’Amanlis, w! 
Beurré, Beurré Rance, Williams’ Bon Chrétien, Colmar, 
ne, Giou Morceau, Doyen d'Eté, Jargonelle, 
Joséphine ‘de Malines, Forelle, Baronne de Mello, 
rie Louise, ! A 
e Plus 
Louise, > generally a shy bearer, is 
size; Williams’ Bon 
TESTS ne af nani gaat 
UNGI. 
IN a recent ane of “a is journal there is a para- 
m the Bulletin of the Société de 
Edible and mimeo fu 
s 
M ig 
E j: London, 1870) that all 
fungi with white i - 
t 
hi 
I 
he letter 
limself, 
uim; so ‘that 3 Fs Roumeguère i is merely ba 
myth of his own creation the A a Such 
a statement, ni correct, would induce, as its n 
consequence, the poiso ning of was e of those who be- 
lieved it. Their pimply or credulity, or L eraan 
would unished with no less a a penalty than ute 
bodily s and death. non 
crops of many species | repro- 
du ére’s article. It will be well worth 
the so i Sav 
occur in soli ; whole 
more frequently than eingle ’ individuals. If Mr. 
s theory be false, as M. Rouméguére insis! 
er by which poisonous 
those which are W 
fest er oe 
appended, from fs Eh e pen of Mi, W. G: Sm KA 
om the : m 
Tey wana 
If it were true that Mr. aperi “ ator enabled us 
to distinguish, à priori, the the edible 
species, t could ; 
ii, Boba site, oe or even organo’ 
numerous of coal Agarics 
ing, it is tran 
of 
also Agaricus echino- 
p y. “Vittadini y A. pene 
ns (Bull), ccidus rege aaa n 
A, olearius 
cephalus e Vitt. 
(Batsch), A. ure 
coloured spores (chromo- 
ery excellent roars Mush- 
ts full complete», 
aie m a few common 
{D.C} ousseron, 
A. prantas (Sco a which is the “object of an im- 
trade ; and the true Mushroom, A. campes- 
tris, whose employment is general. In the number of - 
rarer S ly good to eat and i 
anes s ; —, be mentioned the following 
ric: uatus (Fr.), rhodo opolius var 
orella (Bull, j involutus berny translucen s (D.C.), 
cret — (L.), violaceo-cinereus, 
us ( 
(Fr. ’s p viscidus (L. hs & 
e pr is much rarer and less 
m the Amanites ; 
i 
xious Lactarius emai us 
(Bu at — (Bull), as tos dius Sik ), ftginosas 
(Er), (Fr.), scrobiculatus (Sc eris 
(Fr.), oubt L. ve 
spores are white. 
with white s 
ies; for insi » 
ous principle is destroyed neither by 
ie desiccation, È as is 
ea sanguineus 
ar a very small 
is in 
cyanescens (Bull.), fulvidus 
aoe (Lev.), which are either 
(Fr. J, bel r r, Jla 
à a e edible 
so renowned for bes excellence ; B. luteus 
(L.), ele (Fr.), granulatus (L.), bovinus it 
subtomen’ (L.), sca’ ian (Ee), which al yoda oe 
as food in diverse districts and countries, all 
greenish or spores. Dut 
B. brachypus (Fr.), Satanas (Linz), I (L.), &e 
The Fistulina hepatica is highly es gland, 
e it is called the Vegetab sine > 
nally 
the alimentary fungus par excellence; the T: Truffle, ha. 
brown a — spores, which are omy: or spiny 
when mai 
To eng ‘wholesome fungi, there are only tw 
ods, as with other vegetables : either to teat: 
people, 
meth 
i empirically, as is the way w xe country 
the s species emp! employed or rejected ina reg 
5. OF, raed 
| on its white portions w 
which the true 
or cultivable Mushroom, 
