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122 Boy Scouts For the ferns and grasses it will be found worth while to consult: "How to Know the Ferns." Frances Theodora Paxsons. "The Fern Co!lector's Guide." Willard Nelson Clute. "New England Ferns and Their Common Allies." Helen Eastman. "The Grasses, Sedges, and Rushes of the North United States." Edward Knobel. For the study of the monarchs of our forests the following books will all be found exceedingly useful: "Manual of the Trees of North America." C!mrles Sprague Sargent. "Trees of the Northern United States." Austin C. Apgar. "Handbook of the Trees of the Northern United States and Canada." Romeya Beck Hough. "North American Trees." N. L. Britton. ?Farnillar Trees and Their Leaves." x9xx. F. Schuyler Mathews. Besides these, several states have issued through their state experiment stations bulletln-? dealing with the local plant inhabitants. In some instances these publications cover forest trees, grasses, and shrubs, either native or introduced. Several of the educational institutions, as well as the experiment sta- tions, now regularly issue nature study leaflets or bulletins which treat of popular subjects of interest in connection with' outdoor tkings. It would be well to write the state e_ ?pe?ent station in your state for literature of this nature. MUSHROOMS, FUNO!, OR TOADSTOOLS By F.?nes? Timmpson Seton, C?ief Scout Revised by Dr. C. C. Curtis There are thousands of different kinds of toadstools or mush- rooms in the world; most of them are good to eat, yet all have a bad reputation, because some re deadly poisonous. False tests. First of all let us dispose of some ancient false tests that have led many into disaster. Cooking or otherwise trying with silver proves absolutely nothing. It is believed by many that the poisonous mush- rooms turn silver black. Some do; some do not; and some eatable ones do. There is nothing in it. Bright colors on the cap also mean nothing: anam?clt9rgeous toadstools are wholesome food. But tli? -?o?or o?t?t?pores