. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. on ; a very effective kind and Galopin, clearpaper-white ground, rosy purple tip, the upper petalsflaked with purple. The Messrs. Kelway also ex-hibited cut blooms and leaves of Hyacinthuscandican,cut from a large batch of seedling plants, showing itto be a very fine border plant It was worthy ofnotice that in the class for Begonias, small well-flowered plants, shown by Mr. James Allen, ofShepton, were awarded the 1st prize in preference tolarge-foliage varieties. Amongst the cottagers productions, t
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. on ; a very effective kind and Galopin, clearpaper-white ground, rosy purple tip, the upper petalsflaked with purple. The Messrs. Kelway also ex-hibited cut blooms and leaves of Hyacinthuscandican,cut from a large batch of seedling plants, showing itto be a very fine border plant It was worthy ofnotice that in the class for Begonias, small well-flowered plants, shown by Mr. James Allen, ofShepton, were awarded the 1st prize in preference tolarge-foliage varieties. Amongst the cottagers productions, the Potatos inthe West of England invariably prove worthy ofspecial attention. Thus in the class for half a peckof Rounds, a very handsome kind named RadstockBeauty was placed 1st, and a very nice dish of Climax2d. In Kidneys, Ashleaf was 1st, and Lady Paget, alocally-named Lapstone, sometimes spelt Padgett,was put 2d. Other curious names are found in CrackWaggons and Hard Cash, both white Glory, Red Emperor, Red Breadfruit, andBountiful were remarkably clean and ITottttS of giOflllS. Popular British Fungi : Ilhislrakd. By JamesBritten, Bazaar Office. This work contains popular descriptions and his-tories of the principal fungi, both edible and poisonous,of our country, and is, as its name indicates, agossiping book on Mushrooms and Toadstools, thequotations ranging from Pickwick to Berkeley. AsI ir as our examination has gone, the more scientificportion of the work is singularly correct ; this, indeed,was to be expected, from the experience Mr. Brittenhas had as a writer and the opportunities he has hadfor exact work in his position in the Department ofBotany at the British Museum. The work underreview, therefore, contrasts favourably with someother popular works and essays on fungi, and shouldtake a foremost place amongst popular handbook?. Avery valuable part of Mr. Brittens work is its chap-ters on the folklore, popular beliefs, and supers
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