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  A 
  PLAIN 
  AND 
  EASY 
  ACCOUNT 
  

  

  them 
  to 
  the 
  gridiron 
  :i 
  sails 
  everything." 
  It 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  

   necessary 
  to 
  append 
  a 
  description 
  of 
  a 
  species 
  so 
  well 
  

   known 
  ; 
  but 
  it 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  out 
  of 
  place 
  to 
  repeat 
  the 
  

   recommendation, 
  that 
  to 
  retain 
  all 
  their 
  aroma, 
  as 
  well 
  

   as 
  to 
  prevent 
  any 
  unpleasant 
  consequences 
  from 
  a 
  free 
  

   indulgence 
  in 
  them, 
  care 
  should 
  be 
  taken 
  to 
  reject 
  such 
  

   as 
  have 
  lost 
  by 
  age 
  the 
  pinkish 
  tint 
  of 
  the 
  gills, 
  and 
  to 
  

   cook 
  those 
  selected 
  as 
  speedily 
  as 
  possible 
  after 
  being 
  

   gathered. 
  

  

  The 
  varieties 
  into 
  which 
  this 
  fungus 
  diverges 
  are 
  

   almost 
  infinite 
  ; 
  both 
  the 
  cultivated 
  and 
  uncultivated 
  

   kinds 
  presenting 
  great 
  deviations 
  from 
  typical 
  forms, 
  as 
  

   great, 
  indeed, 
  as 
  in 
  some 
  instances 
  separate 
  species, 
  and 
  

   as 
  such 
  some 
  authors 
  have 
  regarded 
  them. 
  

  

  The 
  cultivation 
  of 
  mushrooms 
  has 
  not 
  hitherto 
  

   received 
  attention 
  equal 
  to 
  that 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  be- 
  

   stowed 
  upon 
  other 
  garden 
  vegetables, 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  atten- 
  

   tion 
  which 
  they 
  have 
  received 
  is 
  centred 
  in 
  this 
  one 
  

   species, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  English 
  horticulturists 
  are 
  concerned. 
  

   The 
  promoters 
  of 
  a 
  well-known 
  journal 
  devoted 
  to 
  

   practical 
  horticulture 
  have 
  once 
  and 
  again 
  recommended 
  

   experiments 
  on 
  other 
  species, 
  but 
  apparently 
  hitherto 
  

   ^\ith 
  but 
  little 
  success. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  that 
  while 
  there 
  are 
  

   prizes 
  offered 
  for 
  fine 
  cauliflowers 
  or 
  rich 
  grapes, 
  there 
  

   :ire 
  none 
  for 
  " 
  improved 
  ruushruouis." 
  

  

  A 
  kind 
  of 
  mushroom 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  meadows, 
  o-rowinn; 
  

   in 
  large 
  ring-, 
  and 
  often 
  attaining 
  an 
  enormous 
  size, 
  

   which 
  has 
  been 
  considered 
  by 
  some 
  as 
  only 
  a 
  variety 
  

   of 
  the 
  common 
  mushroom, 
  and 
  by 
  others 
  as 
  a 
  distinct 
  

   species 
  (Aparicus 
  arvemis, 
  Sehoefh). 
  The 
  name 
  of 
  

  

  