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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Ulmaria 
  rubra 
  Hill. 
  

   Balfour 
  place 
  near 
  Aiden 
  Lair, 
  Essex 
  co. 
  July. 
  

   The 
  queen 
  of 
  the 
  prairie 
  has 
  been 
  introduced 
  into 
  our 
  State 
  from 
  

   the 
  West 
  and 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  dooryards 
  and 
  flower 
  gardens 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  

   cultivated 
  for 
  ornament. 
  It 
  sometimes 
  escapes 
  from 
  cultivation 
  

   or 
  persists 
  about 
  the 
  sites 
  of 
  old 
  destroyed 
  or 
  abandoned 
  dwell- 
  

   ings. 
  It 
  is 
  described 
  in 
  Gray's 
  Manual 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  Spi- 
  

   raea 
  lobata. 
  

  

  D 
  

  

  REMARKS 
  AND 
  OBSERVATIONS 
  

  

  Agastache 
  scrophulariaefolia 
  (Willd.) 
  Kuntze 
  

   Roadside. 
  Wells, 
  Hamilton 
  co. 
  August. 
  A 
  showy 
  form 
  

   having 
  purplish 
  bracts 
  and 
  calyx 
  lobes. 
  It 
  is 
  sparingly 
  pubescent 
  

   and 
  in 
  this 
  respect 
  it 
  approaches 
  A. 
  nepetoides, 
  but 
  it 
  has 
  

   the 
  thicker 
  spikes 
  and 
  more 
  pointed 
  calyx 
  lobes 
  of 
  A. 
  scroph- 
  

   ulariaefolia. 
  

  

  Amanita 
  muscaria 
  formosa 
  (G. 
  & 
  R.) 
  Fr. 
  

   Several 
  instances 
  have 
  been 
  reported 
  to 
  me 
  in 
  which 
  this 
  variety 
  

   of 
  the 
  fly 
  amanita, 
  a 
  poisonous 
  species, 
  has 
  been 
  eaten 
  without 
  

   harm. 
  In 
  all 
  these 
  instances 
  except 
  one, 
  the 
  mushroom 
  was 
  eaten 
  

   by 
  those 
  who 
  were 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  ignorant 
  or 
  unsuspicious 
  of 
  its 
  

   true 
  relationship. 
  In 
  September, 
  Mr 
  A. 
  P. 
  Hitchcock 
  of 
  New 
  

   Lebanon 
  reported 
  to 
  me 
  a 
  case 
  in 
  which 
  a 
  sheep 
  ventured 
  to 
  try 
  

   the 
  edible 
  qualities 
  of 
  this 
  mushroom. 
  He 
  says 
  : 
  

  

  While 
  I 
  was 
  gathering 
  a 
  few 
  specimens 
  of 
  boletus 
  in 
  the 
  pas- 
  

   tures 
  one 
  evening 
  last 
  week, 
  my 
  cosset 
  buck 
  sheep, 
  which 
  follows 
  

   me 
  about 
  like 
  a 
  dog, 
  watched 
  my 
  proceedings 
  with 
  close 
  attention 
  

   for 
  a 
  time. 
  Then, 
  having 
  assured 
  himself 
  of 
  what 
  I 
  was 
  doing 
  

   he 
  walked 
  to 
  a 
  small 
  group 
  of 
  the 
  fly 
  amanita, 
  which 
  grows 
  luxuri- 
  

   antly 
  in 
  places 
  in 
  my 
  fields, 
  and 
  proceeded 
  to 
  gobble 
  down 
  about 
  

   a 
  dozen 
  fair 
  sized 
  specimens, 
  eating 
  the 
  caps 
  as 
  greedily 
  as 
  he 
  

   eats 
  lump 
  sugar 
  from 
  my 
  hand. 
  This 
  was 
  at 
  least 
  three 
  days 
  ago 
  

   and 
  perhaps 
  more. 
  He 
  is 
  still 
  with 
  us 
  and 
  in 
  no 
  way 
  worse 
  for 
  

   his 
  indulgence. 
  Does 
  this 
  mean 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  mistaken 
  some 
  other 
  

   sort 
  for 
  the 
  fly 
  amanita 
  or 
  that 
  what 
  is 
  food 
  for 
  a 
  buck 
  sheep 
  may 
  

   be 
  poison 
  for 
  a 
  man? 
  The 
  amanita 
  in 
  question 
  had 
  the 
  orange 
  

   yellow 
  color 
  and 
  the 
  bulbous 
  stem 
  of 
  A. 
  muscaria. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  as 
  in 
  all 
  other 
  cases 
  of 
  harmless 
  eating 
  of 
  the 
  fly 
  amanita 
  

   that 
  have 
  been 
  reported 
  to 
  me 
  the 
  variety 
  formosa 
  is 
  indicated. 
  

  

  