January 7, 1860.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 5 
arises which of these is to be regar 
y. hunberg, who first introduced 
science, mentions : it in his “ Prodromus,” but no 
“ Flora Capensis.” Whether in the Jatter 
ded its native | the most aetabats diffrsed and 
into 
t in his 
work it was 
most EREET of our 
| experience « of its esculent qualities, while Aseherson 
Agarics. It makes its appearance general] 
clusters in p Pria hit about the end of ahs “fo 
ing month, nip gh the geiko groups are not 
grow 
© 
mistake or on purpose 
becom 
purp it 
e convinced that it was no Cay 
means are left 
thema ves on in "Rhi jigo zum bel es mum 
inhabiting antha ern 
Semen ee atts to the 
ica, viz., T 
ridge oe: 
0 apoc oak 
ka De Can nd.). Bo th jee, with Tecoma 
the tubular corolla, the ex agape stamens and 
and the habit, for T. capensis is not a climber, as is often 
stated, but an erect shrub. Now 
a 
fi 
in Brazil, 50 that, , if we had first 
, we should 
in all probability never have en- 
tertained Ar doubt about its 
na 
tive c 
Some tim me ak examining 
f i 
every ee to the 
order find 
t bt 
== 
gee a ‘ 
the herbarium of my 
a plant from Brazil, ea It Suck for 
when examining the gen 
I 
Te ca eases sis. eas, 
us to which it belongs more 
closely, for com eda and find 
it per fectly identical with the Tecoma ca 
“ This plant,” writes Mr. Miers, “ was for v y 
wy 
folia, collected DjA Ma 
eastern op 
least 
minica, where Imray 
ers in Sir William Sch 
hai per ce a t fe seen no other 
di id i think that 
s Plant i i it shoal be » apparently wila mus 
me gai es it a 
reara 
dia 
rae 
“a fugitiy 
ohenacker (n. ade 
merely naturalised, 
Bignoniacem have 
i 
pice ee 
but in aided Trl a has becom 
eli coma stans and a few pene 
n various parts of Sapient 
sobatbared by Peters, pro- 
poh it Cape of Good Hope 
ree: 
iat, the qresaon 
ve gornig, ga Lea be settled 
to be endemic to both Africa and 
pert rica, w not o cee to ‘the fact that n 
Bignoniacem, "notwithstanding their winge ed seeds, hav 
a limited 
| very Jong | gata on old exposed stumps, 
in ases in which it a stipend to spring imme 
Sigsely jee the soil, déckved Wie will eee be 
found to which the roots are att ached. T The r 
f| in doses 
and could shea no bad effec ts, when administered. 
of three ounces. On the contrary Roques, 
relying pana for his itho ity on Pau let, wlio 
was evidently well acquain nted with th 
which h figure, states positively 
that ayi administered to animals 3 causes inflamma- 
tion of in does not 
Reve which is ultimately fi is 
t firs re or less scaly and of a sabe pee a rom 
mor 
Absa iki nee it ta p es its na , though as it 
d very variable 
2 
AER 
or yellowish at first, though 
a ee more 
n thic kness ae 
ic 
f t the Star did the scales of the pileus. 
make their vedere, ee an 
we al 
| iK í 
. 
the f: 
When 
d 
the ring bursts the gills 
SAY N i T Mi 
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Ne He 
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=> 
SS 
= 
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a 
hemispheres. We should ” eects ore et com y 
assume in this case an exception to that rule, and 
all the arguments that tend in a different direction : 
for if we consider that the t o 
pensis are genuine members of the Ameri 
that T. nish found wild in ene ts 
i ited them, and that the native 
unt ig ignoni: is extended over 
at can scarcely eseape the conclusion that |_ 
Teco: We qeis, is a native of South ae and is | rie 
only aturalised i in South Africa and Asia. B. Seemann. ‘Acagicu MELLEU: 
re Natural size. NA at by permission ronson ‘Greville’s Scottish 
MYCOLOGY. a ryptogamic Flora.) 
4 A, MELLEUS, Vahl.—A few years since there | are at first pale, then reddish, and are firmly attached 
was scarcely a gardener in the 3 le ven and eee batt the stem down ve yt the ey run for a short dis- 
Great Britain who regar si fe. multitudes of nce. They are soo with white powder 
ich abound in the lawns, beries, and om. | e from the fallen. spores, which are so a aaea 
ler his prae feeling save one of |that every blade of Grass or leaf beneath ther be- 
extreme disgust, except in the very few sone ot in peice es dusted, a p eiad by ch at once indi 
which from co N thay ad y ee fi en masked by the occasional absen: 
i í to be able to v for | 0! e rin vane Te Say pin colour and other 
an improved tone in thi ect ers | ch ac disagreeable, and 
several of our Superior cultivators have taken pains to the te taste is somew. Ho ike mA of the common Mush- 
anre Bart ort Ta: = character ifie | room, but with a decided acrid sometimes a 
speci 
he species whi ch fall in their way, and that degree of acidit ak ee nas ane. 
many w ve ite not t app! js irria, tat ever devoted to the cooking of Fa Fungi, Bronte to try 
are ansious { for information on the subject, It ist experim ts with such un 
oes, oa intention from time time to give| Nothing however can be fine various the 
otices, accompanied of of the more | reports as to its characters. i ick it 
ier mea confining as as possible in consumed in Austria under the name of Halli- 
: instance to species which do not requi the says that its flavour that 
en eae their identification. out indeed lamb, and that Tt i g Pape base as an ingredient in 
. ) i stock with butter, cream, and 
ilonning ongan, a matter of no little dif r preiera ee adera and anchovies. 
paniir -~ Aparis 
a ee Soe ats markets at 
melleus, one of | Vienna. Lenz also informs us that he has 
that he personal 
a 
give so bad an account, though one sk sufciently 
agin ag to the most adven- 
turons e f Fungi, and there were few which he 
Sata himself wigs Fe if not Erap poisonous, 
T ‘bis species he says 
Poisonous rime je 
however cook 
sion in 
have 
recommended it ers a table.” 
ng their 
aes Pan dham in our hearing 
poke of it with unqualified 
aise approbation, and poin } 
to Suffol Soom “too 
this „country exce pt 
senceof: a hres except occasional 
men mn A must be regarded rath 
great pg en and the filt ‘wa 
fies. So 
asa nuisa ne ce, from it: 
especting the 
of this species, so that 3 it it has no pm 
its nameis likely to become classical. M. J. 
REPORT ON SOME OF THE VARIETIES OF 
Pe PES IN THE LARGE CONSERVATORY ax 
CHISWICK 
the sa 
uitable varieties during 
of 1858 and ene: ‘of 185 
de a was se ae in the end of 
1857... It is 4 feet w 
2 feet ep, meting. of, drain: 
latter. co 
abou or 
/ è. These 
Ni had no AAR 
y, fell on a 
á earthen Pi te aa 
pr and a 
in LA ‘si is one to be highly 
«hace of Vine borders, The 
has been that of an 
During the months ain bid at Pda 
Sg ag Daa 
ordinary 
and Sepember ihe 
Vinery. 
fk moraine wieg 500 68 
ug.: 
» noon, :70to 99 id tolos 7 
: morning, 52 to 63 Pr 50 to 60 wi 
=. noon, 70to 85 of 70 to 92 
agente e presen 
sulphur w 
house. On the eh o of March ketone 
air 
of l: shoots and leaves with a sulpharator ; 
more on the 21st of Mays 14 Tbe. Sins h; and 
i 33 lbs. between + 
and 12th of June. The result was that the 
done was slight. The Vines were examined b 
it Committee on Se ptember 20th 5 and subse- 
