Accvsr 3, 1895.] 
TIE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
үзг W. J. r ta 
West Hen red 
“Th е best bed of Cabbage this year from Webbs’ 
. — Ае: that I ev x saw ; — one of the 5000 plants 
which I put out went to seed.“ 8 
EARLY p uu " „ 84. 
ENFIELD MARK ses -— % 64. 
EARLY RATNHAM “ ove see - 8d, 
RED DUT ees do. eee - ... 9d. 
N. Per pkt. Per ounce. 
WEBBS' RED GLOBE TRIPOLI » 60. 1s. 
ary ае RED TRIPOLI oes -. 104. 
GIA ess E .. (6d. . 10d. 
WHITE 14880 .. 6d. 
AL 
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fon m Queen 
and H.R 
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STRAWBERRIES. 
ROYAL SOVEREIGN, — 
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Descriptive ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE Now Ready, 
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F E R N Y SPECIALITY. 
is unriv: species and varieties 
of Ес" —— Filmy, На „отат — and British Ferns. 
For nes >] these and for specially — — і in beau- 
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me - J. BIRKENHEAD, F.R.H.S., 
N NURSERIES, SALE, near MANCHESTER. 
Е NEW EARLY STRAWBERRY 
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NOW READY FOR DISTRIBUTION. 
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In e. £5 per 10 . . 155. per dozen, 
Strong Runners . £3 рег 100 т dozen. 
All other leading varieties now ready for delivery. 
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FERNS!—FERNS!! 
“ 
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ve are now ready for delivery, and for full 
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WINTER-FLOWERING ZONALS 
wot Paar dpa for en ipto Бапа 
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or particulars of these and all other = 
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THE 
Gardeners * 
SATURDAY, 
MUSHROOM SPAWN. 
Tos general public, 
AUGUST 3, 1895, 
06 even a good many 
deners, have but misty ideas as to the 
mode of jaar of A eit If this is true 
with reference to the Mushrooms, it is even m эге 
so in regard to the spawn. Those who do know 
are not always successful in the * manufaoture ' 
of spawn, and sometimes experience disappoint- 
ment in the growth of that purchased. ‘The 
gardener has frequently to encounter two evils 
evidently i from the use o of bad, that is of 
mixed spaw The “spawn” represents the 
roots, stem сй branches of a flowering plant, 
and it feeds upon decaying animal and vegetib'e 
matter, being, in fact, what botanists oall a 
*'saprophyte," and not a “parasite” on living 
lants. When this spawn is placed under suit- 
able conditions of moisture and heat, it abs rls 
food, grows, spreads, and ultimately sends up 
into the light and air the stalked caps which 
represent the fruit or seed-vessel of an ordinary 
plant. 
The would-be “ manufacturer " would do well 
to visit a botanical laboratory where fungus 
“ cultures” are undertaken, so that he might be 
able to see and realise what are t ie ated 
under which fungi can be grown. “Сайа 
in a laboratory and culture cin niarket, hou jh 
dependent on i DE are necés- 
sarily different in det 
uniform, The advantages of such a procedure 
in cleanliness, certitude as the species 
employed, and regularity of production, would of 
course be great. At present, however, this is only 
a laboratory experiment, and as such presents 
nothing remarkable to the student of fungi. 
Whether a oe сап be taken on com- 
mercial s another matter, and one that 
might well. be ЧЫМЫН at Chiswick or some 
other experimental garden. ln the meanwhile, 
we must go oa in the old ways, and get the Lest 
out of the way sort of industry; but it is a very 
important one nevertheless, as those who pay a 
visit to Mr. Johnson's farm at ард Hill, near 
ra may see for themselves 
ohneon, we may say, "rue such an inspection 
of his land and Lis crops as a daily journey through 
hem for some Ж ын past bas enabled us to make, is an 
excellent farmer, and one who apparently doea not 
approve of ts ey and despair as remedies for 
