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that Fries’s identifications—made from the plates as published in 
the volumes— rroneo 
Museum collection are numerous other drawings by 
Sowerby of great interest—intended for publication—but which up 
to the present time have never been published. The drawings are 
quite worthy of publication in a volume by themselves. 
As works of art Sowerby’s drawings are greatly superior to the 
plates ; but one or more inferior artists obviously assisted Sowerby. 
really good work. ‘Sowerby was often very careless in copying his 
Sowerby’s plate of his fine drawing is so altered both in size and 
colour that Fries referred the plate to B. edulis Bull., a totally 
different plant. 
Sowerby had an objectionable habit of altering the size of his 
drawings to suit the sizes of the copper plates which he happened 
ave i ; so that wh 
sizes he would reduce his original drawing to suit his plates, and, if 
the plates were eeP. he would aia as the size of smaller epeaes 
7 fungi. He widened, narrowed, elongated, or shortened some spe- 
‘cies according to the accidental length or width of the ae ce had 
in stock at the time of engravi 
n one —— the dace of two very important plates 
are transpos e names of persons, dates, and isalikee are 
often patted in the letterpress, though present on the original 
drawings. The date is often of consequence when given, as by the 
date certain vernal and autumnal species can be distinguished at 
f Fries’s queries are completely answered by reference 
to the unpublished notes on the drawings. It seems strange that 
: ad bo i 
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British Basidiomycetes have been in hand, all Sowerby’ s drawings, 
plates, and notes have been carefully examine 
The following notes do not pretend to be exhanstive = some 
a too trivial for transcription—as ‘‘ Mr. —— “ee this,” 
‘Mr. —— also fou d it,” ‘I found it again at —— ” Most. o 
(no 
Fin insbury | Park), &. Most of ine loeslities have Pat ty been built 
over. Sowerby “ac anne en ~~ odour and taste of the species 
he illustrates ; and hen 
of species, but tasted horn bi in a raw alk 
When plates are not mentioned in these notes, it i sf hen the 
figures represent mi pic fungi, or use the and 
plate are — alike to need no comment, and shore may be 
no written n 
