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I have described relates to the winter cultivation of 

 mushrooms." 



Many instances of perfect success like the preceding 

 could be quoted. Here is one from Mr. W. P. Ayres : 



" You will be glad to hear that we have on the out- 

 skirts of this town (Nottingham) a grower of mushrooms 

 (Mr. Cookson, Mansfield Road) who vies with the French 

 growers, especially if the means of growth be taken into 

 consideration. The place he occupies was formerly the 

 pleasure garden of a large hotel, where the proprietor 

 would occasionally, in the summer season, treat his 

 friends and patrons to an al fresco entertainment. For 

 this purpose a range of summer-houses was built, con- 

 sisting of brick arches, say 12 feet deep, 6 feet wide, 

 and a little more in height. Close adjoining is a small 

 sandstone-rock cellar, which used to serve for drinkables 

 in the summer and potatoes in the winter. 



" Some twelve months ago these premises and the house 

 adjoining fell into the occupation of a gardener, who, 

 though he had a licence to the house, fancied he might 

 turn the arches to a better purpose, and hence he de- 

 voted them to mushroom beds. As it was necessary that 

 the arches should be closed, a wall about three feet high 

 was built in the rudest manner parallel with their front, 

 but six feet from it, and from that a roof of rough 

 timber was thrown, and covered with asphalted felt. 

 Here, however, was ajaiateke j for, the building stand- 



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