, 1875-05-29

tHu CGtlOL GllH JlCEttEEAIt W. EhbFu VIII nu2lfh
10 scrm,nato rcmnInh m7stcrv. The n,vr.'lnm
or y avn ,lnoh hy ntIshropm.grower Il TaIlsrcd |
from place. "h're tho llnuts llsve a1!atni, or IA
iout,ti III tho cxcrcment nf horses. Il IL nup-
roBcd that tho eInras wt,fcl, go tnl,ate and irn-
tluco tho frui'fnf iuycc3iitn (t,o network nf I'll.
ntnctta from wlrl, tue muslIruoms rroceel) itavo
!arscd pernd OF probation n the 1ttoatlnnr of
tho t1urse aud bv flih tItcras l.ava acq sc'l tho
f0wet toveKGtats. Al raio, IL alnoEt c"rtnsh
fact lint lilo cultivated epcccB OF tnnhhronsll
will r; rinE from el!pi1ty-fcrncn:ins hosrc-'lin!
mingled With hsraw and earth, tho ARh no spawn
10 artlt1cinlly introduced.
In Fnslai.l lie cu,tur. Of mushrooms is
profitable Industry. rnut1.ing fso lo9 to 21o i,cr
cant. Immense 4nan!iic, Of mushrooms ara
tr0tncctt Il, caves In aud about far.A In ona
cara ut Mout. ongus that had or n,iloa' run Of
dai ~ b"nt to tie market. g1nrt.mca ths atnrnnt
rlsos to ahosa 4no ronn-, per dav. In l8i7
e1ea: e caye as S.eafy Lad lad =. over ,sca q miles
ut rFapillon had to miles Of bcds. Largo quan:
t,ties OF preserved mushrooms aro e1potlos
from Frahcc. ono honeo ro'iding 10 England
1i.nt0 boxes Annually. 4 for ,eara ago n cara
at 1'fertl,on sent a'o''o ronnda to tl'u rartia"
Extended experiments have sio~n that Tho
atmosphere II cunn:antly clla.Hel with tho n,otss
Of fnnr and viii other ycEr.abtn calls. the ma-
a,ni do,e' 'orncn. bat ii. G. caoko es ret i'ciicso
that their rrcsencs han any Arpreciabs Influence
OIL tho health of tho human Taco. Dipnl1.ntla,
thrush, tcarlatina, mca"lcs.. 1hooptua cough
a..r .but trd to fungi for lhctr cauoe. but in Tho
authors onnion without tl.e warrant Of chr
elusive evdoneo. To n"ote from him - Fove1a
may sometimes 10 ACCOMPANIED bY funRol
bodies In the eracua'tnns. but Il IN very tlciils
to lctc, mno lanm. TlIn who'e question OF cpl
demie dIreaseR aIclng CAUSED by Ills tres,ncn nf
f,"rgi aoema based oil most incomplete owl
dcneo,"
Dr, Lauder I.inhray, reporting In 1856 the re-
Pt11}A nf hid {ncPhtrnftnn nf tbA fnnr1tA
OF clolora. Atatcs: "Tho mvchllum md hpo-
rules Of vnrfous kpcc[ca Of fungi conntlt,ling
various forms Of vcgetab1a moll. wrro fonnd
In !iln scum OF tho vornit. well OF tho stoo'a,
but only as soma stages Of decomposition. Thoy
aro fouud In sevor, nndcr similar circumstances,
IN tho vomit and Stools Of other 1'acapes, and.
! Indeed. In all dccomponng animal nntds, and
they ar, therefore,, fas from peculiar to ciul-
e,a.' It. In Interesting heso to nnto that Sir.
Pa. i1lou. w!oao article on tho Anatc cholera IL
alluded to In to-t!ny'e notico OF hss ato wosx,
"Naturo aud Life" tloos not accopt tho theory
that thH dtscaso s nroanced By fungi. lie saya
F.! anrrofters OF this notion must be citod Ger
man doctor lfalIl'r,. who thnIB Il is proved TINT
tic cholera In c,,taod bY tnicrocoeeas And Hal
licr cxpla1ns all diaeaaes by mlcroooecuaa, or by
| infinitely iittle be1nRs OF tho aama ot1tr."
| When It Is understood that tue largest hpnro
Of fungi ia microscopic, that 49, tnvtsiblo to tho
na.od eyo mud that tho snalleHt spores known
| ara scarcev to be seen undar msgnifyng
rowcr OF 3fo dlamotcr.. 1t viii No longer eeom
Htrangc TINT they should be suspended lu tho At
moi, 1loro without ono auspecting It. Neither
will 1t arrcar remarkable that they sl,outd bo
constantly n1etent. and .gonetallr III great nun.
tcrs, when 1t il remembered TINT tho species Of
fungi nro probably as abundant m thono ut tho
towering plauta, and that eacll fertile lndiytdual
produces M Incredible multitude Of epor.s.
| Many u1illionR layc hcen cot,n:cd in single
fungus, ard yrt it WAS aup' oAcd that thia NUN.
bcr did mt include all that wcro contained In tho
plant. Tho Gne dust Of tho pntf-bal! when
mature coneats outiroly Of tfcro m!,iuts ho lrs,
and 60 great ia tcir nn1nber that tho mind IL in
| Gamble OF comprchending it.
Tho family Of tim fungi incfudea sneciea
Of Harsing s:zeH, ranging from The micro
sconio yoaat plant aud tho minute plants
knosn as a''ldev, rust, smut, es... q
Of upwards Of 100 pouudt pnfl-ball has beon
known to groH in Hinslo night from minute
spcck to the aizo OF : larEo gould. 4 hnrecimen
feet 4 inchcs In diameter, and weighed 10
pulnla. The Dtisish mushroom, commonly called
whiso cap. Ia hometincn foot and hslf broad.
Tho cxtremo rantdity NTH which tho fungi
attain their growth. tho brlct term cf their ex-
iscuce tho readiness With which th.y decay,
and tho difficulty Of preserving ahom In a form
fit for exRmnattn. rcudor their scientific study
m exceedingly diffcnlt matter. Yet tho number
Of m ooloristA Il increasing In all civilized totu-
lries, and their en.huaiaaui for 1nnst outiciug
branch OF natural history cannot fai! 10 attract
continually new etudonts 10 their 1npka Books
liko tito present will also 10 much to extend an
interest and onliat oarncst workers in tho ecl.
enco OF mycology'
coRnEtta KnfoHr AND THOMAS RAtkes
Dnro-A-nnao ssa1s.. rEasoyAL Nxw,xtsoEsc7e.
ny Gonsxh,A ,;,, kslaHT nnd InoMA, NAlxrs. 1., Ea
Isl. Ssw YorE; sc1ibner, Armstroag i CO, irlhcc hc
sl.Fo.
Thu last number Of tho DFfc"a-bF'c beFies
may 10 called pendant OF tho 0rosi'ls
Memoirs as 1t doala chiefly In similar SOFT o.
small talk Of persons Of rank aud celebrity be
longing 10 Enss generation. It Is compilct
from Tho Autobiography OF Miss Euirh,,
,,t,.,,. 81 l., 1ent .r', fr,,, N. !. 1or.n,, y a
ruo.,nsu ~ 4'o4' aAu . i". $U 1ea, ,a,.
MI. haases' oxtohaane from 4o3l 70 lotf' aht
published In 1856.
M,aa Knight uas tho daughter Of Admiral 81
1on.nl, Knight and ra, l,prn ,bout 1757. A
.,,o faat, ~ H. adrr,, ~ ,77S ~. r.s ,,,.,
.ao aoasu ~ .ae ~ 4'.a ,.a,. onu "aa saae'
by her mother 10 1taly. "h"ro tho t"o realde'
alternately At Homo aud Naples for twcnty-fou
ycars. DoiuR left M orphan ut th
md Of tl,ls tlmo. Mfes Fotvht n