PKEFACE. 



Bible. The facts herein presented are the results of my 

 own practical experience and observation, tdgether 

 ■with those obtained by extensive reading, travel and 

 correspondence. 



To Mr. Charles A. Dana, the proprietor of the Dosoris 

 mnshroom cellars and estate, I am greatly indebted for 

 opportunities to prepare this book. For the past eight 

 years everything has been unstintedly placed at my 

 disposal by him to grow mushrooms in every way I 

 wished, and to experiment to my heart's content. 



To Mr. William Robinson, editor of The Garden, 

 London, I am especially indebted for many courtesies — 

 permission to quote from The Garden, "Parks and Gar- 

 dens of Paris," and his other works, and to illustrate 

 the chapters in this book on Mushroom-growing in the 

 London market gardens and the Paris caves, with the 

 original beautiful plates from his own books. 



The recipes given in the chapter on Cooking Mush- 

 rooms, except those prepared for this work by Mrs. 

 Ammersley, although based on the ones given by Mr. 

 Robinson, have been considerably modified by me and 

 repeatedly used in my own family. 



My thanks are also due to Mr. John F. Barter, of 

 London, the largest grower of mushrooms in England, 

 for information given me regarding his system of culti- 

 vation ; to Mr. John G. Gardner, of Jobstown, N. J., 

 one of the most noted growers for market in this coun- 

 try, for facilities allowed me to examine his method of 

 raising mushrooms ; and to Messrs. A. H. Withington, 

 Samuel Henshaw, George Grant, John CuUen, and other 

 Buccessful growers for assistance kindly rendered. 



WILLIAM FALCONER. 

 DosoBis, L. I., 1891. 



