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The Remainder of the . A G A R I C S , with the Three fucceeding GENERA,
B O L E T U S , HYDNUM, and PHALLUS:
Wherein their various Appearances in the different Stages of Growth, • are faithfully exhibited in
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T W O H U N D R E D F I G U R E S ,
Copied with great Care from the P LANT S , when newly gathered and in a State of Perfeilion,
With a particular D E S C R I P T ION of each SPECIES, in all its Stages,
From the firft Appearance to the utter Decay of the Plant; with the Time when they were gathered; the Soil
and Situation in which they grew; their Duration; and the particular Place
mentioned, where all the New or Rare Species were found.
The Whole being a plain Recital of FAC T S , the Refult of more than Twenty Years Obfervation.
B y J A M E S B O L T O N ,
Member of the Nat. Hift. Society, at EDINBURGH.
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