. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1901. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. juncture of the stem and cap, is not so man- ifest as in some others. In old specimens the pileus is usually flat. Fig". 1094 ex- hibits one of the most striking- Fig. 1993. Young Specimen and important Marasmius Oreades. characteristics ( Agr.) r ..i- u ' i' / ^ ' q{ 1^1^,g mush- room, and that is that the gills are rather broad and wide apart, showing at the rim of the larger specimens not more than ten to twelve to the inch. â I draw special atten- tion to this characteristic, because associa- t
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1901. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. juncture of the stem and cap, is not so man- ifest as in some others. In old specimens the pileus is usually flat. Fig". 1094 ex- hibits one of the most striking- Fig. 1993. Young Specimen and important Marasmius Oreades. characteristics ( Agr.) r ..i- u ' i' / ^ ' q{ 1^1^,g mush- room, and that is that the gills are rather broad and wide apart, showing at the rim of the larger specimens not more than ten to twelve to the inch. â I draw special atten- tion to this characteristic, because associa- ted with it on our college grounds is a poison- ous species, Marasmius ureus, closely resem- bling" it in shape and size but differing mater- ially inthe number and closeness of the gills, having from iwenty-five to thirty to an inch. They differ also in taste. The true fairy ring can be eaten raw and is quite agreeable to the taste, in fact it has been described as"sweet, nutty and appetizing, ' whereas the poison- ous variety is rather acrid to the taste. Another species, Nan- coria semiorbicularis, said to be found some- times in company with Marasmius oreades, but I have not yet cuceeded in obtain- ing it. Should any Fig. 1994- Marasmius reader of the Horti- culturist desire spec- imens of Marasmius oreades and Marasmius ureus at the proper season, I shall be pleased to send them to them. J. J. Hare. Ontario Ladies' College, Whitby, Oreades Showing the Gills. ( Agr ) FEEDING CROPS. fOR hundreds of years the common practice in farming has been to feed the soil rather than the crops grown on the soil. So ancient is this practice that it has become a fixed law, and many intell- igent farmers even to this day continue to enrich the soil without any considerable reference to the crops to be grown thereon. This is one of the most stubborn habits the scientific agriculturist has to contend with ; still, it must be understood that the science of farming
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