GROWIITG MUSHROOMS IN CELLARS. 19 



you ought t(i get plenty of good mushrooms. But if 

 such a high temperature can not be maintained without 

 impairing the usefulness of the cellar for other purposes, 

 box up tlie beds tightly, and from the heat of the bed 

 itself, when thus confined, there usually will be warmth 

 enough for the mushrooms, but if not spread a piece of 

 old carpet or matting over the boxing. 



The beds may be made upon the floor, and flat, or 

 ridged, or banked against the wall, ten or twelve inches 

 deep in a warm cellar, and fifteen to twenty inches or 

 more deep in a cool cellar, and about three feet wide 

 and any length to suit. 



Fig. 2. BOXED-UP FSAME WITH STBAW COVEKING. 



The boxing may consist of any kind of boards for 

 sides and ends, and be built about six or ten inches 

 higher than the top of the beds, so as to give the mush- 

 rooms plenty headroom ; the top of the boxing may be a 

 lid hung on hinges or straps, or otherwise arranged, to 

 admit of being easily raised or removed at will, and 

 made of light lumber, say one-half inch thick boards. 

 In this way, by opening the lid, the mushrooms are 

 under observation and can be gathered without any 

 trouble. When the lid is shut they are secure from cold 

 and vermin. Thus protected the cellars can be venti- 

 lated vrithout interfering with the welfare of the mush* 



