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GARDENING. 



Aug. /, 



THE CELLAR IS TOO HOT. 



M. N., Buffalo. N. Y., writes: "Our 

 mushroom cellar being 24- ieet below the 

 surface of the ground. I thought the heat 

 in it would nevergive us any trouble, but 

 it is now 70°, and we have tried every- 

 thing to keep it down, even using tons of 

 ice in it, and put in ventilation, but it is 

 always the same." 



Without a personal inspection we can 

 not offer even a suggestion. The heat 

 down there should be about the same as 

 the normal temperature of the earth at 

 that depth. If thefermenting material in 

 the cellar has raised the temper .tine in 

 the vault to 70" some system of ventila- 

 tion should be devised to carry off this 

 heat. 



He also asks about the cost of building 

 and h ating a mushroom cellar like the 

 one at Dosoris. 



It would vary greatly indifferent places 

 according to the expense of excavating 

 and draining. Figure that out, or sub- 

 mit it to a contractor for an estimate. 

 (5ive the dimensions to a bricklayer, and 

 he can tell you in a few niinutes how 

 many bricks'it will take and the cost of 

 building his part. Hitchings & Co , 

 New York, put in our heating apparatus 

 and ])iping— and it works perlectly— des- 

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 sions," and by return mail you can have an 

 estimate of the cost. You can put up the 

 benches yourselves and also put in the 

 ventilators 



KosA WiCHl-KAl.\.N.\. is perfectly hardy 

 here standing the winter without even a 

 mulching. But I don't think anything of 

 it, as it would be completely overgrown 

 witli grass and weeds. It is a free grower 

 and has very pretty foliage C. L. M. 



Milwaukee. 



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