THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



than enough lettuce for a medium sized 

 family. 



Mushrooms. Any one can raise mush- 

 rooms who has a cellar under an out-build- 

 ing. For obvious reasons it would not be 

 agreeable to raise them under a house. We 

 have raised them successfully; a bed about 

 six feet by twelve feet giving us from the 

 first crop, from a pound to three pounds 

 daily for nearly six weeks. The bed was 

 then watered, a little fresh earth spread 

 over it and well firmed down, and in three 

 weeks a second crop appeared. 



There are no better directions for making 

 a mushroom bed than those given by Hen- 

 derson and by Thorburn, and I have found 

 their spawn excellent. One of the most im- 

 portant things is the condition of the manure. 

 But if you want to have success, it is abso- 

 lutely essential to follow the directions accu- 

 rately. Few people are patient enough to 

 do this, but will insist on making mushroom 

 beds with various modifications of their own, 



