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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
467 
same with that which causes the blister prik > Peach 
but much nearer t me < { led to a 
consideration of the so-called Clavaria ia Tami an 
arg opinion bs bod 
was an extrusion from the trunk of the 
okin were 
P. orus go- 
podium, and Mr. Berkeley compared it wit oly- 
cystisand Urocystis, and mentioned Wolff’s Jeon 
of the act of germination in these plants, and w 
“he said w: same with Tilletia in all. 
In t i y's 
called Rh 
the uses the w to . ear. 
Berkeley explained that a oath. is a mere 
mycelium, and not an autonomous e stated 
that H ted that this miycellaih belonged 
to es Mr. Berkeley very 
reasonably consid t proven ;” he then Pitot 
tioned how the latter pai is considered edible, and 
only to the height a about 18 inches, and of a much 
pas colour than the ‘‘Red-hot Poker Plant ”—Tri- 
p aria -which i is now such an object of beauty 
ur gardens ; to Mr. J. Chambers, Westlake Nur- 
sery, Sr PEEN for nan. Royalty, one of the finest 
arieties o the new bulbo ted form yet intro- 
ry aie are ‘ee Pie , of good open 
ale pon mon wisi colour ; ea to 
wlings, seryma) rd, for 
Dahlia Sarah ‘McMillan, a a ge full deep ae sent 
flower. Votes of thanks were awarded t 
i Sons for a very interesting group ot Parra 
room wo z jinas ooked m 
and which included kar» fine Cyprip 
Domini . Maulei, C. Seden A Cattleya hybrida 
picta x -C. exoniensis, . superba, C. Dominiana, 
C. Devon niensis ; Odontoglossum grande, very fine ; 
pops cg Veitchii, the new Galeandra 
p. 786, vol. i., 1874, Vanda ccerulea, 
and Cattleya Pinelli, also a g specimen of the 
Dove Pl ant—Peristeri: ia elata, and a dozen 
eral cut spikes of Orchids; to 
William Paul for six boxes of cut Roses, very fine for 
the ; to Mr. G. Rawlings for a good stand of 
Dahlias ; to Mr. J. C. Crussel, Fairy Croft Nursery, 
Saffron ’Walden, for remarkably fine blooms 
African mr Frese rigolds ; r. Toll, 
, Manchester, for a very larg 
a vile ae a poor lossum 
Bluntii ; and Mr. gr. si neral 
Hankey, Palak for fruit- bearing sprays of the 
oe = 
Fic..98.—AGARICUS MUCIDUS, 
eaten in Germany, but how sorry he should be to 
recommend it here, rine a its effect when raw in 
constri: 
cting the th of | which 
. character we are able to tonr The ‘‘clubbing ” 
Cabbages was next passed in review, together with 
the ‘‘clubbing” of Melons and Cucumbers, and the 
ts and vibrios present in the describ 
i known as ‘‘ of the Grape 
Vine ” was next adverted to, s examina- 
Potato, both of which are believed on good authority 
have been introduced originally from America, 
FLORAL CoMMITTEE.—R. B. Postans, Esq., in 
the chair. ere was a ear of the com- 
mittee, but the ti oe brought befo 
few in number. ates con awarded 
ai amen 
C. Loddigesii and C. ex bed 
se Prof. sagowry seed at 7 p. 3 290, 1873. The pan had 
three was sh 
ieee, Veitch & Sons; j= Mr. Woodbri etd 
idge. 
eerie. Syon House, f for V Vitis 
r ae ed Salw: way Peach sl ron 
Sweet Bay and agen: shoots of the Tamarisk. 
kman & Son showed Rhododendron aureo 
Messrs. Jac 
limbatam, the leaves of whi have a 
essrs. E, 
Tee 
Crateegus 
of C. japonica, laden with Tage 
dti of its ara scarlet berries. 
FRUIT CoMMITTEE.—A. Smee, Esq., F.R.S., 
= Pass usually interesting 
al ae Fro. 
5 Sila sent an 
Pines, weigh- 
> name Chatlotte. 
gr., The Warren, 
round-berried black 
r , Weirleigh, 
Brenchley, Ken E ia proi inary 
ground vinery, and is sa aid to Arrin an extly £ ripener, on 
which account it may be considered a useful variety. 
A vote of thanks was accor “ied. Mr. William Paul, 
Waltham owed his new = * Waltham Cross” 
confirmatory evidence of its as an autumn 
rape. Mr. Paul also sent a new white roundish 
oval-berried v cal 
u 
ty, called the Winter Muscadine. 
S megera large bunches, the quality is rate, 
as the merit of hanging well. Examples 
of Read’s gpm telde a gene med 
Superior, and a et-fleshed peas were shown 
by Mr. "Bennet, Mlatfeld and so: very gi 
we well know how.extremely difficult it 
transparency of Nature. W. G. S. 
said to be like those imported from Russia, was 
Siete " Mr. Garland, gr., Killerton, Devon ; and 
a . Webster, gr. to the Duke of Ri chmond, 
ay fine e xamples of the sreg Dum mpling 
and “other Apples, fo or pg a vote of thanks was 
oh Pear were 
ak from Ead Society’ s cote at Chiswick ; and the 
ev. brought some very fine fruit of the 
Pitm ma Dakak eg EA ulême Pear. Mr. Horley, 
Damson, which 
partite fine fruits of the Quin 
by J. Baker, Esq., Shirley Road, Southampton. 
EXHIBITION OF FuUNGI.—Only two annie 
entered for prizes at this exhibition of ‘‘ Fungies,” as 
called on the official musical programme of thed day- Mr. 
sequen 
but probably a different plant. 
dulum fagineum, lant first found by us in 
company with M me (and recently met with at 
Hereford) ; Agaricus clavipes, also a plant recently 
determined by us ; and A. gummosus, t : have 
not at present met wit We were see 
actarius controversus in Mr. English’s collestings 
together with Po ticularis and P. Schwein- 
itzii. Thelephora multizonata, first found W Mr. 
Berkeley, in North onshire, and last year by the 
Woolhopians, a , is generally met with by 
Mr. English at Epping ; and the plant exhibited this 
week was one er . 
to our lists. Mr. English also 
ful specimens of Agaricus alnico and 
t ; i 
excellent order. Amongst 
mens of Peziza onotica (p. 457), 
and (probably) nne al cyanites, 
lants in this ae tion, like 
the collections 
ere some 
Tramates hee, 
The other 
the remainder of those in 
comm 
and in pee: from their very,commonness or for their 
e rare handsome Cla: 
table. Th and 
trytis put in an appearance. Mrs. Li 
Wynne sent Craterellus sinuosus, Dr. kas 
lixivius (suffering under a postal mycoclysm), and the 
v. J. 5 ia circinans. A vote ofthanks 
was unanim in favour ies and 
gentlemen ha greatly ad 
who contributed ac 
ings of the higher fungi as found in eatin d, 
Pontresina in the En gece, again d A 
of the Crimson Guep was 
Mr. English also exhibited a sleet: pala 
served fungi, aaan ere greatl, 
iall. ti resting 
pecially interes 
full o 
HE FARM. 
E MANAGEMENT OF Roots, — 
season is 
sain can 
ent se it 
Swede crop, > if not a failure, is by no means up to an 
average. Much of the e Swedes 
could not be sown until it was too late to 
good crop, and of the crops » 
utterly, whi 
of the 
