October 10, 1878. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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a soirée was held in the house of Mr. Cam. Dr. Cooke read a 
paper on Corticium,a marvel of patient research in that difficult 
genus. ; 6 ie 
“Tn tenui labor, sed tenuis non gloria.’ 
After this there was an interesting controversy between Dr. Cooke 
and Mr. Phillips on Peziza crucifera, established as a new species 
by the latter. This Peziza is very near to if not identical with 
P. virginea, but has cruciform crystals of oxalic acid on the sur- 
face of the hymenium. Dr. Cooke thought that the presence of 
an inorganic body in a plant, unless it served some special pur- 
pose, was not a sufficient reason to establish that plant as a new 
species, Sun and rain would soon destroy these crystals and 
reduce the Peziza to the ordinary state of P. virginea. Mr. Plow- 
wright supported the views of Mr. Phillips. 
My. Vize exhibited Aicidium ornamentale, a fine exotic species 
many times larger than any we are acquainted with in this 
country. 
On Friday the usual excursion was made to the charming 
Downton Woods, near Ludlow, always prolific in rare Agarics, 
and rendered doubly (someone said fortyfold) agreeable by the 
hospitality of the Messrs. Fortey. A large number of interesting 
Fungi were gathered, and some were new species yet to be identi- 
fied. The great feature of the day was the presence of an unusual 
number of Strobilomyces strobilaceus. It usually occurs, if found 
WOOLHOPE CLUB. 
Diner 2 l’Hotel “Green Dragon,” 
le 4 Octre, 1877. 
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Potages: 
Consommés 
Boudin de “ 
beuf, &e. et 
PHARIA 
CHAMPICN 
ws cee : 
i la queue de“ BEUP;” et 
du *Coprinus Comatu .’ 
*POISSONS :” Turbot & la sauce 
@Vhomard; | i 
Morue aux huitres; Fricassée de Soles: 
$d’ Anguilles. 
Aloyau superfin d la sauce relevéejde 
“ Woolhope Club.” 
Dindon roti aux Truffes. 
Salmi de “Lactarius deliciosus.” 
Des Oies rotis 2 la sauce douce aux 
“TECK” et des rognons. 
Des Saucisses 5 pam bOnS Langues de 
du 
OORNU-copy-oides.” F 
Fruits 2 la towrtiere; patés ; 
Créme ila Vanille; Gelée de Macédoine 
Boudin doré, &e., &e. 
“BAT TER-caq 
(LE-VEILL 
Boeuf sale. 
* Craterellus 
at all, very sparingly ; but on this occasion Mr. A. S. Bicknell 
discovered nearly fifty individuals growing together, but he 
prudently did not make known the locality to the rest of the 
party. Besides this may gbe mentioned Tricholoma inamcenus 
and cuneifolius, Clitocybe odorus, Entoloma clypeatus, Pholiota 
heteroclitus, Leptoma chalybceus, Cortinarius torvus, elatior, 
cinnabarinus, and bolaris, Hygrophorus lacmus and erubescens, 
Clayaria botrytis and amethystina, Russula lepida, lutea, and 
cyanoxantha, Peziza onotica, and Hypomyces rosellus. Mr. 
Fortey found the very rare Spheria Albertini. In the afternoon 
the party returned through Oakley Park, the seat of the Clive 
family. now represented by Lord Windsor. The old Oaks were 
mauch admired. They are supposed to be over two thousand 
years old, as they are mentioned as old trees in Domesday Book. 
Fig. 42.—WOOLHOPE MENU. 
Pholiota terrigenus was found in the grounds, and fine specimens 
of Fistulina hepatica on the Oaks. The party then returned to 
Hereford, much pleased with the result of their labours. Several 
of the party proposed attending the Edinburgh meeting in the 
following week. 
“O dulces comitum valete ccetus! 
Longe quos simul a domo profectos, 
Diversos variz vise reportant.” 
—T. Howss, F.L.S. 
WOOLHOPE MENU. 
THROUGH the kindness of Mr. W. G. Smith, the talented 
botanical artist and fungologist, we are enabled to present our 
readers with a copy of the menu which that gentleman designed 
