Trichia turbinata
Tab. Fig.
. 83 Uredo frumenti, D. .
Tab.
. 140
Typhoides • . 50 longissima, D. . 139
Tuber album, E. . 310 Porri . 411
cibarium, E. . . 309 Rosse . 398
moschatum . . 423 Spireae . . 398
Uredo aurea • . 320 Xylostroma giganteum . 33»
N O T E S .
1. A garicus G eorgii—Frequently sold in the young state as
Buttons and for making Ketchup, but emits no juice and is
useless.
2. A garicus muscarius—Said to poison Flies and Bugs when
steeped in milk, Linn. Certain doses gire spirits to those
who eat of it; larger doses may prove poison, and produce
madness and death.
3 . A garicus fratensis, Champignon—Sold at market for soups,
&c. A. virosus is often eaten by mistake for it, and proves
fatal.
4. A garicus violaceus—Sold in the Markets under the name
of Bluets; not good for much.
5. A garicus virosus—One of the most dangerous of Poisons.
6 . B oletus hepaticus—The shape of a Liver, and cuts with a
reddish juice when ripe.
7 . Boletus L achrymans— Often called Dry rot: too common
in Houses, Ships, &c.
8 . X ylostroma giganteum—Oak Leather Rot: too common
in our Ships.
9 . Tab. 387, Fig. 3, a species of F ib r il la r ia , although a sign of
slovenliness and loss, has become habitually creditable among
W ine Merchants in general.
10 . iEciDiuM cancellatum—may be avoided by proper management.
As Mr. Sowerby is anxious to promote the study of Botany,
and conceiving that it will greatly assist beginners in
their pursuit to attach themselves to particular tribes of
plants, he would recommend them to peruse these General
Indexes for that purpose, and he observes that he is willing
to supply such sets of plates as may he selected; thus, some
would prefer the Cryptogamous plants; others, some of the
other classes, or the Mints, Roses, &c. The Farmer might
wish for the Grasses, the grower of Timber for the Trees;
and so each be supplied with his favourite branch without
the labour of studying, or the expense of purchasing, the
whole. He also proposes supplying 4to. coloured copies
of the plates only of any of his works, or even larger, upon
receiving sufficient notice from any person desirous of obtaining
superb copies.
Mr. Sowerby understands that Mr. G. Sinclair is about
to publish an hortus-siccus of the Grasses upon which his
Grace the Duke of Bedford has instituted experiments in
particular soils, and Mr. Sowerby hopes soon to be able to
lay specimens of those soils before the Public, with a view
to agricultural improvement.