CHAP. XIV. 



Of Mujhrooms. 



TO pretend to raife plants without: 

 feed is a contradiction to nature ; 

 but what is here meant in the railing of 

 Mufhrooms, is to produce them on beds 

 made for that purpofe, without ipawo, 

 being planted in them, as is the common 

 method of propagating them, 



MUSHROOMS are wanted in every fa- 

 mily, and in moft places where there is 

 any thing of a garden there are beds for 

 raifmg them. In fome places they fucceed 

 very well for a year or two, and then there 

 is often a lofs for a feafon, fometimes 

 longer. 



THE getting of good fpawn is fre- 

 quently attended with great difficulty; 



and 



