Jawvany б, 1861.] 
THE G ARDEN ERS' 
CHRONICLE AND 
AGRICULTURAL GAZ ETTE. 5 
these do not open into its interior. When the The fact however is that the ог: iginal name 4gari- | ." For this reason I would in all cases 
йе are placed in water n a damp surface, the | cum, for so it stands in Pliny, had nothing Me us id the cottagers' show from the Horticultural 
bladders in a few minutes all burst longitudinally and | ev ^. A I them, but was cUm by Dioscorides | Societies of the neighbourhood, for, however mu 
discharge their contents, rendering a 1 rop of water | t pec drug, supplied the Polyporus | these may tend to improve cultivation among the 
very viscid. This viscid drop does not diffuse itself of ша piee E was obtained ЈЕ р у if not | monied classes, І feel convinced they exert по such in- 
throughout the water, like gum, but remains surr und- | solely from Agaria, but which, though formerly of|Huence upon the vorking man. Оп contrary, һе 
ing th eni dried it becomes stringy, | considerable repute, appears have gone almost | feels, if he exhibits at all, tha he is eclipsed by my 
and wil in rapidly absorb moisture and swell. | entirely out of use in regular practice. It 18, however, lord's or the squire's gardener, though it must be con- 
Spirits of wine does not cause the bladders to burst, still M: - had of pe энени „who import it from fessed that, confining t mparison to the useful 
and it renders the mucus slightly opa ре ermany, а form а being obtained| vegetables only, the cottager rarely loses much; i 
If nch of these achenia be dropped from a little icc [D cm jv ugs c. he true species deed, in early Potatoes and Cabbage I have frequently 
height on damp paper, es eed сла fall like | occurs оп] the Larch, and indeed upon very old |$ “т bette ner imens from the cottage 
shuttlecock; upright and r sole; the p trees, ib is c anino almost mco ely to places where pen en than could be found elsewhere in the same 
ders pe Кы ckly burst, sey as i^ paper dries t at genus of Оры; їз eindig gen neighbourhood, and I d ow i pora where gar- 
e firmly a atta ached to it. _ Many а sending Other Polypori ha m "substituted for that )urchased rrowe m {һе cottager 
> of the ble and | of the саа. апі Мек e the name .Agaricum, or | to make 52 : heit for ‘exhibition 
th; гор of the mucus Ета e upper | Agaricus was ses written, became to a One of t d^; most засн cottagere 
edge of the Js D. and so places the flower-like | certain akten generic for Polyporus, and it is so used | exhibition 1, zd sa iod in Sou p Wales, not far 
calyx nearly upright. Any one looking at a piece of by Micheli, Ray, and n: Fue wor = Fungus being | from Lla ndilo, Tho "Quantity „of uce isit 
ly a pied fter Linneus we|forward there was really surprising, end generally the 
n scattered by chance would conclude that eacb one call Agaricus. zi is n etted that | quality rst-rate. зле" with this society I 
e that кеі author reformed Ше. system ОР һауе seen m ng by 27 feet wide, тше 
Botany, he took mes t — D ; о-на 
offered tl an ir e older au enia инь Ктр a few plants and fruits for I Буре were sent 
giving himself the trouble to inquire whether they | by the boris gentry in no case wa 
belonged really to ants to which they were|farthing of the fu am applied Чо к but its legitimate 
attributed, and thus the familiar name of Agaric is now | use, for though farmers and village tradesmen w 
applied to plants Which should never have borne 16. | invited to compete, E was perfec ly understood that 
Our earlier herbalists rightly ap plied it to corky | if any prize was awarded to their productions the value 
|arboreous Fungi, garic о € Oak &c. In like | reverted to the funds of the Society. Here the com- 
| manner the Greek Hydnum instead о eing а | ре etitors were of two classes —adults, paying in one sum 
onspicuous ^pileate Fungus such аз we now 
е» z : ue wp. under the name, was originally a kind of| Priz were collections and also for each 
зза 2.5018: адо Trufle, ап y other instances of similar misnomers | kind of Хани ог ini MM for window plants 
сий might be adduced. t is onda now too late to coll thre specimens for 
been placed «нн ЕЕ бүг! gummed. ЕЧ се mend such matters, and we may be glad to substitute | edi pese = бабае "being g en to a few things 
айша falls upsid. e dow. 
the caly 
mo ошата 1 is so ара! у кыре bcd i the ene еа іп 
in this 
seven minutes I have seen the bladders burst : 
——— it be blown the ri way up on 
damp surface, the mucus soften and 
set and есж it firmly. In dy a climate 
ustralia t isten or these little bladders 
of dried ioni having strong ` affinity for 
water and becoming h suh ача on that side alone of 
the achenium w on the ground, seems a 
I thé a the 
seed — be blo 
Whether the rums of the achenia to place 
th 
vy Avoid be of - Д més to the plant would be 
to dete: but it seems possible that the salver- 
mine; 
baned. alya: w у, d we pree seen, 80 rapidly absorbs 
isture Eee to the lower surface o 
the aclienia, s might aid i oed dew eed showers of 
. fine rain. Charles е? 
MYCOLOGY.— 
AGARICUS RIMOSUS, B 
о. XL. 
is one of the most 
atly and. d айана arranged 
е r ап to huge bunches of 
an old china у; 
erns, Foxgloves, (buie, 
Orchids, Honeysuckles, Eglan- 
&с„, manag i 
tically and elegantly that 
Queen lf 
a 
spiritually touch my hat to him. 
It is he who has carried refine- 
f à house; it is he who has accus- 
June, and then occasionally while the weather is open. tomed the eyes of the multitude 
Tts gen — miliar to most observers of Aea to the harmonious forms of 
objecta, fro he numerous radiating fissures beauty." Itis а great step in - 
appear in the ieu. It has no especial qualities either education to get a. child to- 
or bad to demand ы and is introduced unders the difference 
ire ird y as an object which must often - come under between `a bouquet and a 
notice, and with whose name therefore many would be bunch of flowers; it is опе 
— be famili thing to stick a bunch of 
4. rimosus belongs to that division of Fungi w flowers into a jug of water, 
contains species with dingy and occasionally bright: and there let them remain until - 
to which no positive general charaeter | they are withered and dead, but 
тр. though t termed by p. another and very different 
Шу, s spécies, however, not the to take the same flowers, 
slightes zinous tint be traced. Negatively plaoo dion aisi dn a v al n 
they are white, nor nor - real affection so DUREE v Dey can be 
pied crane tuin ree irc are included not | th d ach иге dad this and to feela 
easure in 1 conter - 
A few approach the peroxide T iron tint which Poem e з S Benoit oh as id weder t 
characteristic of Cortinarii, and which Fries terms live in pure a uch is the influence of garden: 
us, , and of 
а pA rrr 3 is yer роња thin, COTTAGE GARDEN SOCIETIES. ed those Bowers tecta their сел «з either vag 4 
^ -8] , and is clo it ad- А: the ieties are successfully | precept, exam le, or i 
pressed silky fibres — os x expands a e managed, I suppose that at Hitcham, originated and He 4 Ў pecuniary а a Qu = 
leave broad chinks nducted by the Rev. Professor Henslow, holds the| Сиб flowersas a general rule should not 
the stem is firm, solid. slightly bulbous at tbe — first place, though I am given to understand аб |а& exhibitions. 16 is wrong to strip a garden of its 
white and , e above where it is udbury under Mr. Sydney, at Tortworth under the uty for a mere y purpose, er 
ж 1 LC Rib ere slightly ventricose, nearly | special d рер Earl es and at Broomborough | great the morning view may have been, І never look. 
Ba сәл а. brown < no viri Pool, con ith le Manufac- | upon long ranges of of withered without 
^ taste, by 1 circu is known at once | tory, are p» ar ot ania mana T may bej|feeling a strong desire to apply a horse-whip to the 
re ERE КАЛЫ ка. ey 
sure)itis true by the pecun ai e iful o s works. Сак NS not be 
зема їз e уе е have chosen for our present | benevolent, but arant cte for their main attraction | encouraged y сее 
инт а Davs Согд: опе notios here, and usefulness u he ex: good cultivation ТУ: piece омы =т= = ould urge 
пц opportunity of а little permissible space | of their respective е This is аз it ought to be, | artistic epi gei of flowers, how- 
аг. answer а е ФИКЕ which has often been | for I it to be more t le whether, | ever good or pm 
TT a to our noti when the prizes for À tothe| Рег зз тетт, for t 
n all books which profess to give the derivations of | end a town county exhibition, it n emer cae 
botanical terms, it is said that Agaricus derives its|is not positively injurious to i t of habits tan pi а for preci of the best growth, 
emo c api in matin, ог from Agarus (the — cottagers, Lg ne as i uch as a prize for good ment must extend. 
wA d river in — country. - derivation > m brought ith more attractive | not у Дн sey epum butto the garden for the 
runs ааб ly absurd HM ын MM they до not receive the attention vem tee i for I рети to be acted 
res x 1 аг жу Macedon and M са to themselves; upon th Sx ебе im for the cultivation of a 
à Ej atii th toadstools more so as no iven- for. its 
ML IDE а рана А 
Сре Би Sahiy at particular day but should extend to 
