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GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH. 



Fig. 1 36 — Coprinus comatus (after 

 Atkinson), well meriting the 

 name "shaggy mane." Natu- 

 ral size. 



if any, grown in this country 

 for sale. There are two forms — 

 the English brick and the 

 French flakes. The bricks are 

 broken into small pieces and 

 the flakes are also- subdivided 

 before planting. 



After a little spawn is ob- 

 tained, it may be increased as 

 follows: Take a quantity of 

 fresh manure from high-fed 

 horses, mixed with short litter; 

 add one-third cow's dung, and 

 a good portion of loamy mould. 

 Incorporate them thoroughly, 

 mixing them with the drain- 

 ings of a dung heap, and beat 

 them until the whole becomes 

 of the consistency of a thick 

 mortar. Spread the mixture 

 on the level floor of an open 

 shed, and beat it flat with a 

 spade. AVhen it becomes dry 

 to the proper consistency, cut 

 it into bricks about eight 

 inches square; set them on 

 edge and turn frequently until 

 half dry, then dibble two holes 

 about half through each brick, 

 and insert in each hole a piece 

 of good spawn; close it with a 

 moist composition similar to 

 that of which the bricks were 

 made, and let them remain 

 until nearlv drv. Then some- 



