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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ October 10, 1878. 
for the dinners of the Woolhope Naturalists’ Field Club. It 
is not easy to decide whether to admire it more for the artistic 
talent displayed in the design or for the perfect wit and humour 
which the design illustrates. The menu first appeared in tke 
pages of a contemporary with the accompanying description— 
“ Beginning at the top, the pleasant faces seen in the ‘edible’ 
Fungi, and the dolorous mementos manifest in the ‘ poisonous’ 
ones, explain themselves. The former are suitable for frying, 
and Fries is the greatest living authority on Fungi; the latter 
cause unpleasant symptoms and pain us— Panus’ is a genus ! 
of Fungi; the pill box, pill and medicine bottle, are repre- 
sented by the genus of Funginamed ‘Pilobolus.’ Mr. Berkeley 
in the top centre is being attacked by a starry Puff-ball (a 
species of vegetable octopus), and his exclamation of affright 
naturally takes the form of another genus of Fungi named 
*Odontia.’ It will be observed that Mr. Berkeley, who is 
applying ‘salus’ to the nose of the monster (a material ‘no 
Fungus can withstand ’) has letfall his ‘ Outlines of Fun-gology.’ 
The bottle of ‘Currey’ on the left immortalises Mr. Fredk. 
Currey, the famous fungologist. ‘Kneiffia’ underneath is a 
genus of Fungi, and ‘Forkia’ is a genus shortly to be esta- 
blished. The cuneiform inscription indicates the character of 
the fungoid octopus and the Colorado beetle at Hereford. The 
porcine quadruped on the left points to Dr. Robert Hogg, who 
has published a book on Fungi, and the inscription ‘ Non Sow.’ 
indicates that he is not to be confounded with Sowerby. The 
umbrella handle and great knife on the left always appear at 
the Hereford meetings: they belong to Mr. Plowwright, the 
famous surgeon and fungologist of King’s Lynn. The wine 
bottle bears the name of the renowned wine merchants of 
Rood Lane, who supply so many Fungus eaters with their (as 
pronounced after dinner) ‘Spheria champign.’ Spheria is an 
immense genus of Fungi, and ‘champign’ is Champignon 
with its tail off. On the right we have Dr. Bull, the physician 
of Hereford, supporting ‘Cornu’ (Latin for Dr. Bull’s Horn 
of Plenty). M. Max Cornu of Paris is one of the highest living 
authorities on Fungi, and was a guestat Hereford. Thechains 
and ropes ornamenting the bovine nose indicate the power 
and irrepressible energy of Dr. Bull. Leveille is the name of 
a great Fungus author, and refers at the same time to the 
‘veal’ which at an early period clothes the bones of all oxen. 
‘Magnus’ refers to Dr. Magnus of Berlin, the fungologist. 
The greatness of this author’s name has expelled the cork from 
the bottle. ‘Bad-ham’ on the dried pig’s lez refers to Dr. 
Badham, who wrote the ‘Esculent Funguses of England ;’ 
whilst the mole hanging head downwards indicates the miser- 
able condition of Mr. Lee’s ‘ molar theory,’ which referred the 
formation of fairy rings to the underground gyrations of the 
mole. ‘Hygrophorus’ (the Water Bearer) is the name of a 
large genus of watery Fungi; and the ‘ Myxomycetes’ are a 
large group of Fungi now attracting peculiar attention. 
Phallus is a genus of Fungi, which does service here in indi- 
cating that there is ‘no fallacy’ as to the quality of the wine 
consumed. Some Fungi bear spiral corkscrew-like springs for 
use in dispersing the spores; the springs are named ‘laters,’ 
therefore the corkscrew figured is in more senses than one an 
‘elator.’ The bottle of cider on the left and Agaricus cidar-is 
are synonymous, and ‘Du-Port’ on the right is the name of 
an excellent fungoid clergyman from Norfolk who attended 
the Hereford meeting. Arriving now at the bottom we have 
Tode,’ a writer on Mushrooms, together with a figure of 
Boletus edulis beheaded. Hussey, Broome, Cooke, and Curtis 
are all renowned fungologists. Hussey and Cooke are in con- 
flict: the latter has just thrown a rolling-pin (Clavaria—a 
genus of Fungi) at the latter, and is now in the act of dis- 
charging a basin of batter (Batarrea, another genus of Fungi) 
at her opponent. The cook’s name is Psalliota, a sub-geuus 
of Fungi; the hussy’s name Polyporus, a large genus of the 
same class of plants. ‘C. HE. B., M.A.,’ on the hussy’s weapon, 
point to the name and degree of Mr. Broome the fungologist. 
‘Sparassis’ is an important genus of Fungi, which is here 
giving a hint to the combatants as to how to proceed when 
their artificial weapons are no longerayailable. ‘Crucibulum’ 
is the name of a large genus of Fungi, and means a saucepan : 
the ‘Batch’ inside is the name of a great Fungus author. 
‘Flammula,’ a little flame, is a sub-genus of Fungi; and 
‘Fries Epi-crisis’ (the fat-in-the-fire) is the name of the best 
text-book of Fungi in existence.” 
AGAVE AMERICANA ( The American Aloe).—Two of these 
year bloomed at Sudbourne Hall, Wickham Market, Suffolk, 
the seat of Sir Richard Wallace. The stems ate about 24 feet 
high, with branches very short and thickly set together at the 
top of the stem, farther apart lower down, and not opposite one 
another ; the flower branches do not grow near the leaves, but 
are quite 3 feet above them. There were thirty-two branches, 
and taking each truss to average eighty blossoms, there were 
about 2700 flowers on one plant. The flower buds look a 
pale greenish white tipped with bright yellow. The flower 
lasts from three to four days; the scent is most disagreeable. 
An immense quantity of honey drops from the flower. The: 
thickness of each leaf next the stem is from 6 to 8 inches: the 
width of leaf at the base is over a foot: length about 6 feet. 
The leaves are dark green, with stripes of yellow round the 
edge. These plants are said to have been in the conservatory 
nearly eighty years. As soon as the flowers expand the leaves 
begin to droop, and the plants gradually die away.. The dry 
stem of a plant that flowered about eight years since is pre- 
served in two pieces in the conservatory ; and although nearly 
27 feet long, can be easily carried about by a lady or child, 
being as light as a piece of cork. A fine plant of this Aloe is 
now flowering on the terrace at Hampton Court, from which 
hundreds of bees are constantly gathering honey during fine 
days. 
FORTY GOOD ROSES, NOT FORTY THIEVES. 
THERE are some Roses which I will notname that are appre- 
ciated by exhibitors that would ruin persons not yersed in 
Rose-growing, and no doubt exhibitors find it difficult to keep 
them going. I propose to give a list of forty Roses which are 
good for the public—the careless public. If they cannot get 
on with those I name the sooner they take to cultivating 
Ragged Jack the better. 
Hybrid Perpetuals——Abel Grand, Anna Alexieff, Barom 
Adolphe de Rothschild, Baronne Prevost, Caroline de Sansal, 
Charles Lefebvre, Maréchal Vaillant, Edouard Morren, Duchesse 
de Caylus, Glory of Waltham, Gloire de Vitry, John Hopper, 
La Ville de St. Denis, Lord Clyde, Madame C. Crapelet, 
Madame de Cambacéres, Madame Charles Wood, Madame C. 
Joigneaux, Baronne de Rothschild, Madame Victor Verdier, 
Malle. Marie Rady, Marguerite de St. Amand, Marquise de 
Castellane, Maxime de la Rocheterie, Maurice Bernardin, Paul 
Neyron, Pierre Notting, Pierre Seletzky, Princess Mary of 
Cambridge, Queen of Waltham, Star of Waltham, Souvenir 
de Dr. Jamin, Vicomtesse de Vezin, William Griffiths, and 
Souvenir de la Reine d’Angleterre. The above are Hybrid 
Perpetuals. 
Bourbons.—Baronne de Maynard and Souvenir de la Mal- 
maison. 
Yellon’ Roses—Three of the best and most continuous. 
bloomers in the Rose kingdom are Triomphe de Rennes, Céline 
Forestier, and Gloire de Dijon. 
All of the above Roses have done well with me this season, 
besides some others. 
I hope such beautiful Roses as Dr. Jamin, Baron Chaurand, 
Empéreur de Maroc, Baronne de Maynard, Lonis Van Houtte, 
and Louis XIV. will not be given up because they are small. 
The two first and two last are the most beautiful of the high- 
coloured Roses, whilst Pierre Notting is the more desirable. 
Maxime de la Rocheterie is a fine, full, bomb-shaped, dark 
Rose and a good grower. The high-coloured Roses as a class 
are not good growers. Pierre Notting, Maxime de la Roche- 
terie, Dr. Jamin, and Empéreur de Maroc are the best growers 
here in the dark line and they live on. To some of the Roses 
named in Mr. Hinton’s schedule I may address the well-known 
words, “ Ave, Cesar! Moritwri te salutant.” 
The Roses here are blooming respectably now, and I may 
say that for twenty-seven years I have not seen the Roses so 
fine. I dress them in the winter with liquid manure from a 
twenty-six cow dairy and fatting pigs. 
The two finest corymb Roses are Triomphe de Rennes and 
Baronne de Maynard. Sir J. Paxton is also a splendid corymb 
Rose. They bloom continuously from the beginning to the 
end of the season.—W. F. RADCLYFFE. 
FORCING TULIPS. 
As the time is at hand when bulbs are procured for the 
ensuing season I think a few remarks on forced Tulips will 
not be inopportune. Duc Van Thol with its various colours is 
plants, says “R. M.S.” in “Midland Naturalist” have this! the best kind for forcing. It is supposed by many that the 
