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a Trench about three Feet wide, 

 and in Length, according to the 

 Quantity of MufJyrooms required, or 

 the Plenty of Earth you can procure 

 for that Purpofe, into which you 

 fhould lay the Dang about a Foot 

 thick, covering it over with light 

 rich Earth, about fix or eight Inches, 

 into which, on each Side, you fhould 

 put in fome of the Knobs of Mu- 

 Jhroom Earth, about fix Inches 

 afunder. 



Then make another Layer of 

 Dung upon this Earth, as before, 

 about eight or ten Inches thick, 

 obferving to draw in the Sides, Co 

 as not to bury the Knobs ofMuJJ»'oo?n 

 Earth above half an Inch ; then put 

 another Laying of Earthy placing 

 fome Knobs on the Sides, as before, 

 and put a third Laying of Dung 

 thereon, ftill drawing it in nar- 

 rower, and cover this with Earth, 

 £o as to bring it to a Ridge, flill 

 placing fome Knobs of the Mufliroom 

 Earth into the Sides, all the Way up ; 

 then cover the Bed all over with dry 

 Litter, about half a Foot thick, to 

 prevent the Eanh from drying too 

 faft, as alfo to keep out the Wet, if 

 there fhould happen to be Rain j and 

 this Litter will retain the moift Va- 

 pour which arifes from the Fer- 

 mentation of the Dung, and is of 

 great Service in promoting the 

 Growth of the Mufliroorns ; for it is 

 obfervcd, that too much Drowth 

 or over Moifture is deftrudive to 

 them, but a Medium between both 

 is abfolutely necelTary for their Pro- 

 ducSlIon. 



When your Bed has been made a 

 Week, you muft carefully look 

 over it, (by drawing off the Litter 

 with your Hands) to fee if the 

 MujljYooms begin to appear; for if 

 they are permitted to remain long 

 in the Bed after they are large 

 enough tor Ufc, they will rot, and 



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in feci all the young Spawn, or Off* 

 fets, fb that all that Part of the Bed 

 where they rot, will be entirely 

 fpoil'd. After they once begin to 

 produce, the Bed mufl be diligently 

 fearch'd every Day, during their 

 chief Seafbn of Growth, which is 

 commonly in Augufl and September, 

 but at other Times, every other 

 Day, in order to gather all fuch as 

 are fit for Ufe^ in doing of which 

 you fhould pull them gently out 

 of the Ground, fo that no Part of 

 their Stems be left behind, which"' 

 will engender Worms, whereby the 

 young Spawn will be deflroy'd j 

 but if in pulling them up, there 

 fhould any of the Spawn adhere to 

 their Roots, that fliould be gently 

 taken off, being careful not to 

 bruife it, and thruft into the Bed 

 again, where it will foon fix". 



As the Cold increafes in Autumn^ 

 fb you fliould increafe the Quantity 

 of your Litter over the Beds, to 

 preferve 'em from that and Wet, 

 which if not guarded againfl, will 

 loon retard the Growth of the 

 MufJjrooms, and fpoil the Beds for 

 a future Crop. 



A Bed thus manag'd, if the Spawn 

 takes kindly, will continue good for 

 feveral Months, and produce great 

 Quantities of Mufhrooms ; from 

 thcfe Beds you take the Spawn 

 for a frefh Supply, which may be 

 laid up in a dry Place until the 

 proper Seafbn of ufing it, which is 

 towards the latter End of july or 

 the Beginning of Auguft, and it will 

 be the better for the Purpole, if 

 kept dry three or four Months, as 

 I have experienced ; my, I have 

 had it lucceed extremely well,- 

 after having been kept in a warm 

 dry Place above fix Months. 



MUSTARD; -vide Sinapi. 



MYOSOTIS; Moufe-ear Chick- 

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