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and readily distinguished. They are all 

 economic plants of our woods and fields 

 worthy of being known by every one. 



(c) Finally, there have been incor- 

 porated brief accounts of certain cultural 

 practices and exploitations in foreign 

 countries, including some observations on 

 European truffles, African and Asiatic ter- 

 fas, and a general description of the foreign 

 markets for wild mushrooms. 



My chief hope is that the information 

 herein offered will be found suggestive and 

 accurate. In this case (i) it will be help- 

 ful to those already growing mushrooms for 

 the home or commercially; (2) it will en- 

 courage and stimulate interest in others 

 qualified to succeed in this work; and (3) 

 at the same time, it is equally desired that it 

 will prove discouraging to those who have 

 erred in analyzing their interest, and posi- 

 tively disheartening to those wholly inex- 

 perienced persons, who, misled by extrava- 

 gant and deceitful advertisers, are willing 

 to invest their savings in a venture regard- 



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