MUSHROOMS IN ODD CORNERS. 



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description is available mushrooms may be grown in a back 

 kitchen or cellar at home. All that is needed is a tempera- 

 ture of from 45 to 50 deg., some fresh horse manure, a 

 quantity of loamy soil, and a few " bricks " of mushroom 

 spawn from a reliable source. 



The accompanying sketches are intended to illustrate 



Mushroom Culture is a Room and on the Lawn. 



Mushrooms may be gi'own in the cupboard of a disused room as shown at Fig-. ]. 



Under a tible as at Fig 2, if light be excluded. In a large pot or margarine 



tub, as at Fig. 3 ; or in the turf of the lawn as at Fig 5. Fig. 4 illustrates the 



details of Fig. 1. A, is the'soil; B, The "Spawn;" C, The manure. 



mushroom growing on a small scale — a multum-in-parvo 

 method, in fact. 



MultumJn-Parvo Beds — Fig. 1 shows how mush- 

 rooms may be cultivated in the cupboard of a back kitchen 

 if a good-sized wooden box or packing case is available. In 



