THE FORCING ^GARDENER. [-B. |> 



And Mr Switzer; an advocate for the idea 

 cif 'Spontaneous productions, feems. to be of 

 opinion, that fome plants are -produced 

 from juices, lodged originally *-Jiv the 

 ground. 



Be this as it may, we know that the 

 Mufhroom may be produced frorn fpawn ; 

 and%lfo without any certain vifible ingreK 

 dietit, or origin, -from when.ee ::i| r! ^pt}i 

 fpringv The former, being th^.mpft natu- 

 ral, has hitherto been the moft Qommon 

 method; but of late years, even making, 

 or, as it may be faid, creating Muihroom- 

 fpawn, has becoihe -a branch of trade with 

 fome. 



According to my mode, the production 

 of the-Mufliroom depends almoft folely on 

 the preparation of the bed. Some pay 

 little attention to this matter ; arid where 

 ipawning is uniformly pratifed,, the }efs is 

 neceflary : but ; I prefer the roetbod of ma- 

 king the bed ai whole mafs of fpawn. 



It may be' objected, that this method is 

 dilatory : This 1 grant is the cafe : but if 

 the bed is duly prepared, the time of cut- 

 ting may be reckoned upon with equal, if 

 not greater certainty, although at a great- 



