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GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[SEPTEMBER 5, 1874, 
ooms which grow under trees are dangerous, because, 
i ot a = pas feed on decayed pga ik which 
“‘ perhaps” tainted with poison. That being so— 
pethape—the hss judge ge advised e everybody to be- 
Mushroo: 
too broad and too long, for it sweeps away the good 
together with the bad. Aoine D it, everybody 
ht to beware of eati es, because Oak w 
eT: 
ty 
le Bolet ound in many a park and 
paeas wartda ta in autumn, and occasionally 
n spring and summer. Its favo 
itself 
b of trees close at 
hand. The terelle, Cantharellus cibarius, grows 
profusely in Scot oods as under 
mci _— ee ote a more or less sylyan 
y 
mense quantities, in dif- 
re- 
mer ADUR. gai "i slightest harm 
sulting, 
Fy 
e sign, the writer h 
the unwholesomeness of any unknown species can be 
dete Nothing can be apeiga. < on pan prac- 
tice, familiar ity an ed “ex ience ; n behind 
them lies myste Di ie n ci 
annot, eat wih impenty pure | 
ae ey Seco! a he there any accoun as yet, for 
the fact that the same e E 
circum- 
stances is another poisonous, to 
cap 
re frequently 
| (Fr), 
Sine, 
will 
mussel Aneh g Sin 
harmed. 
But other avean = sa ga 
and deleter 
egetable © 
esides fungi, co 
rious aticles of food. 
lant so: 
prise both Thale 
Even in the e parts wil 
ial or in 
coe © 
on fungus 
to use their 
i a 
1 with Mae 
people would take the double 
senses. 
[This is so important a subject that, s its own 
no less than for the purpose of a 
wing our 
nt, Mr. Wort on Smith to ion him. 
false charge, we enera Mr. Smith’s 
ee 6 Tha 
Roumeguére’s 
by 
Let me correct a few of M. | 
for him ; the two a Paragraphs e tal 
fighting ani a In the thir 
Agaricu cus m (Fer) y should be A. a 
jitoc 
(Pers should be A. um ates anga wi like the elast, n ot 
ta, but a Trich — A. virosa d be 
virosus, Pop th ph M. “ine oume- 
says A, nebularis . k “venomous to a high 
Hyporhodii ( pinksspo 
there is no rule withou 
lines of dem: 
*.* BiCy stands ands for Botanical Certi cate of Merit and F.C, | 
jor oo ral Certificate of Meri 
Abutilon Sellowian: mar- 
moratum 
| Acer japonic aiai 
polymórphum { 
llis Mooreana 
virginalis . 
Aathiurini m crystallinum 
as À. nebularis is a well- 
In the 
ns an Agaricus, in 
whine spored Agaric, 
ne ; and in the last 
degree ;” this is an error, 
ral foci S. 
e fourt A a praris “eee Aan is 
given as an exce A aier 3 this is 
the same with squarrosus (Fr) go hae stumps, 
has a disgusting taste and odour, and is undoubtedly 
Fers this country. ow iti 
a Sel us 
the § Y species, lly good ” 
iach pa poi a lant ; then A. rhodo- 
polius, pete brother to the last in poisonous qualities. 
This * lea: mycologist ” next makes Paxillus 
Agaricus (in A. inyo jataa), and calls it edible (I have 
tried it, but have See for not doing so again), and 
p s us with Agaricus, with which 
ns As to the 
with white spores, 
inner kan that in some species the spores 
Ts 
sE 
agraph eight to the end, the” pen of a 
Biel correspondent, “D, ”) is mani- 
to be told, for spaus (in 
variety 
m par. 
“paces writer 
, but he 
i to SOAN nine), that 
the A; a 
brit T a Diack lactarius d = and other 
yellow, L. acris many 
instances mi ht be oo Oy abbuld ae not like to sub- 
om as to the ‘‘several Boletuses 
eat. ” 
ut fungi found grow- 
rks abo 
ng under trees were perfectly correct in their wa’ 
open to objecti i 
ws how 
he lear 
hen 
s not ake at the Hereford 
of ols, 
7); and, under ‘ S (pink-spored 
garics) Cooke's cen e vol, oe p. n BJE ** The siz 
ev greatly ; w are 
whilst the. majority are remark- 
Some of the species are edible, as in 
he spores 
others equally Jines 
ably irre; mi5 a ee 
veep kh majority of the species coming under 
Leucospori (White-spored Agarics) are orem S whilst 
an equally large majority of those ing under 
el Agarics) ae oisonous ; 
an exception, and no strong 
E n nopi 
leam the of 
t aga pate Ses 
r in ina 
NEW PLANTS CERTIFICATED 
AT THE ROYAL BOTANIC ee 
EXHIBITIONS, 1874 
iamo, April oo 
Willams’ May See 
Bull, Tine 10-8. is 
, March 
eri 
A E 
Williams — 
Areca nobilis è Ball, Jun June 10 Be eo 
itch & Sons, ‘if 
Atta File rota dng curtum ee 
cristatum Parse nu ime re —B. nae 
Azalea Duke of Edinburgh : 5 
Begonia Vesuvius . es 
abundance of fi 
dition in 
ated 
he 
BEG: 
Veit feels & Saik Ja une 24—F',C, 
Betula alba dot in oro +» William Paul, —_ 
une 2 
Bollea Lali Veitch & Sons -RC 
Boronia armean ii eitch & s May s a 
» megastigma Williams, March Pe i 
owenia spectabilis ull, June 
Calamus ciliaris.. Bull, June r 
ttleya gigas ‘ Veitch & à 2 
» Mossiz majestica Williams, June 24—B, 
+» Veitchia: i Veitch & Sons, March 25—B.C, 
Cetera pore Williams, April 22—B C, 
Chysis Chelsoni Veitch & Sons, Mare 
Cineraria Countess of Derby... + James, March ng 
a ai Derb sae Awe 2 
Right Hon. B. Disraeli 
Cais ie F of Edin- 
b 
5 edidi 
»» Countess of Lovelace ay Jackman, 
. 
ve 
+. 
” iaia sks G, Jackman, April 20—F. co 
» Mrs Jackman, pril 22— F.C. 
5 Si oa Wolseley G, Jackman, April 22—F.C P 
» Vesta ackman, March Sai: 
Coleus Duchess of Edinburgh Chitty, June 24—F. : 
= Cooperii.. = i ` Sons, June 24— —B.C. ; 
» ovalifolium z tu v & Sons, an 22—B,C, 
anes è oe Bull, une so : 
a E 
t 
Curmeria picturata 
Cyclamen Bees eor 
», Prince of Purples 
Rose Quee 
Cypripedium Argu us 
num x Man 3 
5 ull, June 
si Parish wines hes {wile : 
» Roezlii s- d Wiliams, M 
Dendrobium amcenum. ] 
Dipladenia Brear leyana J 
Dracæna Baptistii ae reitch & Sons, 1 $ March 25—B.C, 
yy Goldieana ~. +» Bull, hen une r Ba 
, Hendersoni «. Veite gen 
» hybrida is Ve ch & ery na ka: € í 
Drosera capensi s. Veitch & Sons, April 22—B.C. l 
jsenis E s+ E.G. Henderson, May 20=B.C. 
i coc. E Peacock, May 20—B.C. 
Baa ema aaa tum 
Hia a xaid z Soi M = 25—B.C. 
rythrina Parcellii v . ull, 
Ficus F Parcellii .. os a Veitc b h & Sons, pea 22—B.C, 
} Gloxinia Marquis ee Veitch ch & Sons, June 24—F.Ç. _ 
of Lorne 
ae wer oe = = hs- 
<. Veitch & Sons, June 24—F. g 
” Me Haines ae Veitch & Son ns, Speake ©: -RG 
Ginna decompose +» Williams March B.C, 
>» triangu sS a 
Hyacinth Anna .. w v 
Sir Garo £ Wolseley i 
» 1 ae 
a Von at wf 
ao Ypolepis Bergiana [Veitchii] 3 
m philippinense .. na 
Lond (pumila) magnifica .. ster, June 24—F.C, 
a. Bull, June ro—B., 
Ma mmillaria longispina «+ Peacock, May ees 
Maranta leopa P i 1, June ro—B.C. 
Martinezia granatens Bull. June 24—B.C. 
Nephrolepis davalliode fur- 
cans 
xi eitch & Sons, June 1o— 
Odontoglo ossum Roez 
Bull, June ro—B.C. 
Williams, March 25—B.C. 
Braid, May 20— FG 
be Pee DA he Shah $ ur, 
Pe ed a iron} Czar 
3- (show) Archduc 
Gips 
oster, June*ro— 
Lord Nélson E i 
99 » Mrs.AndrewMathews Rew H: Macleans: Jone, ar 
Sybil . ek Mee Foster, une 10-—F.C. 
Pensa Daya is 1 Veitch & Son: s, Ju 
Ph yllotenium Lindeni . , June fid à 
Pleoc nemia Leuz na’ ss Bull, June ro—B.¢ 
p des . Veitch & Son, Mar 
ay ip. F a Ca Turner, June 
ey John Stuart Mill Turner, June 24 
x» ss Pérle des William See Apri 
” ngie, 
ea ne cs E Je 
u -» William Paul, A 
Corres nia Steve ensii Veitch & Sons, une 10-8. 
William Williams, June 10—B.C, 
Saxo -Fridericia ‘subcordata = - an 
Veitch & Sons, March 25=B. 
clependrum vulgare, cristas 
«+ Williams, Mea ea. 
PA ie Musai 4. gy { Bull, June 1o— 
a “Zahn i và 5 
y: anda coerulescens oe oo 
` limbata b. 
Vicla cornuta Admiration T 
F oF PLANTS AND Antik —In section 
a paper on this subject, of 
an abstract :— : 
lar 
the silat 
- has 
