but turns a 
APRIL 98, 1860. | 
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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE 
AND AGRIC ULTU 
RAL GAZETTE 
285 
MYCOLOGY.—No. X VI. 
s, Scheffer.—Most of our reader: ‘ 
pie nig yo in se woods a peculiar set of | ( Eastern Floricultural Society, a) for a 
ie differin from Agaricus in t ills by whic In Si to your notice a few } 
hai s is distinguished being replaced by multi- | the DEN f the Fu ichsia it would not, I nus be 
se oof t pes as if the fructifying surface d been | amiss for ust y of the| the third, 
men d all over with a large pin the hymenium is | plant, Mae ing very aae in its intro- 
pa ai mined it will be found however that these | duction to general culture. Any of you who have ever | cne from 
— y e perforations, but that each is the cavity | travelled as far as Hammersmith will I I 
are ne able from its immediate neighbours and | that localit; very large nursery, the original pro- 
par aye aid from which it proceeds, ver much as | prietor of which was Mr. Lee of 
coe ko seeds and filaments separates in a boiled | the nursery called the Vineyard, at Hammersmith. 
pert: ke from the receptacle. These plants are often | This nursery ane the 18th century could. boast c of a as 
ti i abundant, and attract notice either by their g ch carn wendab 
b ‘ght. Aoars or b eir greeable slimy aspect eae 
pel. ‘ ing the rarest and ‘best Tales b- ee age. Tate lL D 
AN ESSAY ON THE fecal OF THE 
FUCHSI 
| maturely, rea making the slightest disposition to 
grow. ‘Now we will conan Pda are the i oon site 
qualities of 2 a good be hsia g 
tin tt pa but impa 
ful ha sti A rampan wth, in 
t grows the Shape of a pyramid, ce ‘oe er 
ecoming widene 
upper ones extend; 
wer— never "w nish 
collection that pertains 
ction until you ar fied 
abund 
but not least, quality of the ee med 
your 
perfe y 
successor is a decided improvement. 
ne to recommend sorts. 
that. grow, as I am con 
Others I must leave to your better judgment om the 
mend: io ou may 
a rib ne on Souven 
pb? Little Bo-peep, 
the t poisonous of Fu y are known to | you will ask me now, what about Mr. Lee and the onna Joaquina, British 
bot nists by the name of Bo name which was} Fuchsia? I will at ed reply to your question by | Sailor, Governor General, General Williams, Tristram 
ay ied by the Romans more especially to the large relating the es My stor Raitio Wonderful. 
Oran ushroo esareus, which is said to be one said that Mr. Lee had been informed that in Light Varieties.—Fair Oriana, England’s Glory, Clio, 
of i ost delicious of t ribe. Innocent and nS eign nbourk of Wapping, in the window of a| Fairest of the Fair, iek of Lancaster, Rose of 
ad owever as its own _— might a it was | humble dwelling, x fi in a pot, was to be seen a | Castille, Prima Donna, Venus de Medici, Queen of 
not always safe to artake of it, as it was a favourite | grofa plant with beautiful drooping flowers like ear- | Hanover. 
vehicle for the administration o of ee ison, i Sai that | rings. urse his curiosity was excited ; th it sls Whi yp “Stay. .—Princess of Prussia, Princess 
oyal, or 
e epigram intimating the tion 
e ; the desc 
such that he kuew of no plant in his 
n it 
‘ancy Corolla’ d.—Serratifolia, Dominiana, fulgens. 
dan; and w ro m 
Boleti as Agrippina se lel? ount afforded him of the said plant, so at once he| I shall ar confine myself to the general culture 
nt except a Agrippi pe Zied a coach and posted off to the said loc cality, | |of the plant, supposing you grow it for all purposes, 
l dist p ae obtained an introduction to the owner of the l exhibition and home decoration: f you propa- 
hi to the the i St verial rene i 3 gated your own plants, you would 
sgi peril 5 do so early in the spring or i 
oa a ae sade the month of July. I prefer the 
nse Nese e fac i latter month if I cannot obtain 
on ae cuttings till late the spring, 
Boletus luridus has use those struck in July will 
thick convex piece et ees vg ma ape 
riike ee en aa pa the humid months of the 
rather doany. As it 1 OWS n, and if convenience favours 
ld it is often still more sit F ucan maintain their growth 
dingy and slightly viscid. till their flowering season, whereas 
The “Mer is pnt of a those propagated in thespring flower 
bright vermillion red shaded before the plants have had time 
with yellow or orange, esp! shape themselves or acquired suffi- 
cially above, and either cient strength to form a good speci- 
ed or spri kled with n for the future. In striking 
little dark red spec Th se a little silver sand, sa 
f tubes is youn the surface of 
nded 
tain’ and not attached to the stem. 
_ They are yellow 
ee or orange. “The fi 
ora mmea 
esh of the whole plant is Faler, 
br ra bine on lespas to the air, à cir- 
th 
lecu 
plant, b 
Ker it duc to the actioni “of ‘th 
= oni 
o doubt that Boletus luridus is, to say the 
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P 
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co 
pring | After the 
them into 38-inch pots, place them on a 
itie botto m-heat, if you kave it; if 
er wit! ais ag Con- 
tinue to to shi m pa a size arger 
till you have ed your par 
object, PA ei of a k poodigi plant, 
Sea tai you grow it in 
oe ae. pangs u require it for. Now 
during all i t f growth 
e will h at- 
lane portion ót of the i bos e penne Ps witch ite i find ee eos prevail; so tha 
ere gto sink d depends a a fect i that sailed th e alert, watching his favou : 
Bolster ter ots aaa Me Ehin aia © pitty sited, on ite objects ould some little 
distinguished by its smooth piled which is at first Bote’ TUS LURIDUS. ga of the plants will not bear 
bedi nt „at aed “eet si aste Natural size pied } permission from arenas tition Cryptogamic the ray s 3 the sun when power- 
without any r agr sible twati: The the chen oS a li E PSS 
ta had p aea Né him š haidai x bat he pot eae = found to be no other person than the | so that they will a a slight shading, and all sorts 
Rebates ibute F this rid a jire tes bad wether While require it during the hottest months of the year when 
` | in flower or else the flowers will dr i So they 
cor and = fact “aid ant recogni e the “at in| for it , at the same ‘time offering her a iene coin; but | will if you allow the soil to become soddened with too 
See he AB ialf otoi ry Sie ahapoked she refused it, saying that her “ Jack” ha rought it | much water, for this like everything else mu 
lant, without saan i oeii the solid mint wad home from ign country, therefore she would not lied judiciously; b means let them | get dry « or 
l reae hour ote half chive AeA he’ bad F geile: part with wi $ ke, and after pee. all the per- | ha X ago will soon affor 
thrilling throug h the eaen abn body, which neverthe- suasive lan he was possessed of, and a prom g yellow, and gradually losing 5a Aeta hue; 
less soot went of A. few hours afters e Jast, stages of the 
at aot m 
Š ai that he vonid Paes ate a plan’ t ef the same for her, he jiii the 
4 | Succeeded in obtair ng possessi ly weak 
d iting in her propery he had a i 
ithout | apply w 
about 
plant's 
If 
rowth yon may 
ae t is of a 
robust habit i At doen not noed so m ting. Nor 
kinds 
Soa get habit 
and on diffe ote consti tim se Ker slow Fe eT Ps wth, but 
smal tio b i h ny it in its infane; 
l portion eaten raw perya bad Siiani, | at F kipas i ing i ss peli wt and eultare, a: ‘ind them thri =a in the “tetas = 
othe ev slice bern Bs a bystander caused sickness and | Speaking first of artistes: these may be divided i one oe ee cara he 
Ag ae | four our ce pa oe t, Dark ; pein Light ; third, White rotten “toe and a small pa i i of peat 
B 1b fourth, Fancy ies. OFf 
Stn am | n; 
of the rom the tra sin ie, by the ip red ae oral ‘amet cn as of numerous vari for novelt, are] jana iz fallowing t the, gi e i success Pl 
ever absolute. In gen Bet Semn of Boletus | unworthy of being cultivated. Therefore it is for the | attend cid 
i i i i i Ey s | ndn the after treatment. When they have 
blue atl a a Tri as the pe eet et ; on a oe; or ao " ot | don e Bowering let = em be place ed | out of aca Pes 
} i bit; again | situation fully expos ; 
te al E "T as oe: cee seb e A e = Singing) on at agin | will assist in pe eat, the eats ny water 
