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places to which people like to convey the materials 

 necessary for the making of mushroom-beds. Where 

 they occur away from a dwelling-house, this objection 

 will not hold good. In some cases it might be ob- 

 viated by making the beds in rough boxes,, say 3J ft. 

 long by 1J ft. wide, and afterwards introducing them 

 into the cellar. Railway or other arches, or any dry and 

 empty structures, may be used for mushroom- growing. 



"The con str action," says Mr. William Ingram, of 

 Belvoir, in a letter to the Field, " of efficient mushroom- 

 houses is sufficiently understood by most of our hothouse- 

 builders and by gardeners ; but the economical adapta- 

 tion of places which already exist is a matter which may 

 with the greatest advantage be discussed, as there are 

 hundreds of persons about whose establishments may be 

 found outhouses, cellars, quarries, or sheds, capable of 

 conversion into mushroom-houses, who would be very 

 glad to be taught the method of growing mushrooms, 

 and to have the simple principles that should govern the 

 construction of mushroom-houses explained. 



" There are few large farmsteads that are without an 

 unconsidered place which could be readily adapted for 

 the purpose of growing mushrooms ; and farmers possess 

 the material at hand, horse manure, which would not 

 rruffer great deterioration if employed in first raising a crop 

 of mushrooms. Country brewing establishments have 

 equal conveniences and opportunities. By relating the 



