﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  BOTANIST 
  79 
  

  

  taining 
  them. 
  Another 
  step 
  has 
  therefore 
  been 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  

   report 
  in 
  pursuance 
  of 
  this 
  plan 
  by 
  the 
  collation 
  of 
  the 
  descriptions 
  of 
  

   our 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Flammula. 
  This 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  report 
  is 
  

   marked 
  E. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  a 
  constantly 
  and 
  rapidly 
  increasing 
  demand 
  for 
  such 
  a 
  

   descriptive 
  manual 
  as 
  these 
  and 
  the 
  remaining 
  contemplated 
  generic 
  

   monographs 
  would 
  make 
  if 
  brought 
  together 
  in 
  one 
  volume. 
  Such 
  

   a 
  volume, 
  especially 
  if 
  each 
  genus 
  could 
  be 
  illustrated 
  by 
  a 
  colored 
  

   figure 
  of 
  some 
  prominent 
  or 
  type 
  species, 
  would 
  add 
  greatly 
  to 
  the 
  

   general 
  interest 
  in 
  this 
  branch 
  of 
  mycology 
  and 
  would 
  give 
  to 
  its 
  

   study 
  a 
  strong 
  forward 
  impulse. 
  The 
  demand 
  for 
  this 
  kind 
  of 
  liter- 
  

   ature 
  seems 
  to 
  increase 
  more 
  rapidly 
  than 
  its 
  supply. 
  Earnest 
  wishes 
  

   that 
  such 
  a 
  work 
  might 
  soon 
  be 
  available 
  have 
  repeatedly 
  been 
  made 
  

   known 
  to 
  me, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  sometimes 
  been 
  surprised 
  at 
  the 
  indications 
  

   of 
  a 
  great 
  and 
  widespread 
  interest 
  in 
  this 
  lowly 
  and 
  apparently 
  unat- 
  

   tractive 
  class 
  of 
  plant?. 
  The 
  fact 
  that 
  these 
  plants 
  exhibit 
  an 
  intelli- 
  

   gent 
  design 
  in 
  their 
  structure 
  and 
  are 
  just 
  as 
  capable 
  of 
  systematic 
  

   arrangement 
  and 
  classification 
  as 
  the 
  higher 
  orders 
  of 
  plants 
  doubt- 
  

   less 
  has 
  much 
  to 
  do 
  in 
  arousing 
  an 
  interest 
  in 
  them, 
  but 
  probably 
  the 
  

   great 
  promise 
  they 
  give 
  of 
  affording 
  a 
  useful 
  reward 
  for 
  their 
  study 
  

   in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  desirable 
  article 
  of 
  food 
  has 
  also 
  something 
  to 
  do 
  

   with 
  it. 
  The 
  numerous 
  and 
  earnest 
  appHcations 
  in 
  advance 
  of 
  its 
  

   publication 
  for 
  copies 
  of 
  the 
  forthcoming 
  Forty-eighth 
  Report, 
  which 
  

   contains 
  an 
  illustrated 
  and 
  descriptive 
  account 
  of 
  our 
  edible 
  and 
  

   poisonous 
  fungi, 
  are 
  indications 
  of 
  this. 
  

  

  The 
  past 
  season 
  has 
  been 
  unusually 
  productive 
  of 
  certain 
  crops. 
  

   Wild 
  plants 
  have 
  in 
  some 
  instances 
  vied 
  with 
  cultivated 
  ones 
  in 
  show- 
  

   ing 
  what 
  large 
  crops 
  of 
  fruit 
  they 
  could 
  produce. 
  The 
  choke 
  cherry 
  

   shrubs 
  of 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  region 
  have 
  been 
  as 
  heavily 
  loaded 
  in 
  pro- 
  

   portion 
  to 
  their 
  size 
  as 
  the 
  apple 
  trees 
  of 
  our 
  orchards. 
  Their 
  

  

  