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MUSHROOM CULTURE. 



The annexed diagrams (figs. 8 and 9) exhibit the 







mushroom-houses used at Stoke Place, both for summer 

 and winter use, as described by Macintosh in the " Book 



Fig. 8. Mushroom-house at Stoke Place. 



of the Garden." " Of course the former is not heated ; 

 the latter is, by 4 -inch hot-water pipes, which are 



Fig. 9. 



brought from a boiler constructed to heat at the 

 same time a range of pits for pines, melons, &c , 89 

 feet long and 7 feet wide. The shelves are close- 



