DREER’S VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS. 83 
begin to appear on the surface, we may safely (though 
sparingly at first) use the watering pot. Later on the 
application of water will do no harm. The effect will be 
the same as that of a warm rain in August or September ; 
there will be a great show of mushrooms. 
DETAILS OF MANAGEMENT. Having outlined the end 
to be attained the method of procedure may be briefly stated . 
as follows : 
Select a place (preferably a dark place) where a tempera- 
ture of 50° to 60° can be maintained. A cellar will answer, 
though a shed, stable or arch can be made to serve the 
purpose. An underground situation, like a vault or cave, 
is an excellent place ; perhaps the best of all. 
Obtain fresh horse manure to the desired amount, 
estimating that a ton of manure, after preparation, will 
make about sixty-five square feet of bed (10 inches deep). 
Prepare the manure by stacking, turning, shaking and 
re-stacking, adding loam at the rate of one bushel of loam 
to four or five bushels of manure. 
Avoid the too free use of the watering pot ; the manure 
must be moist, but not wet. It will require two or three 
weeks to get the manure in good order. 
Make the bed about ten inches thick, tramping or 
pounding it so as to render it firm and compact. Jnserta 
thermometer and await results. 
If the manure is in good order the mercury will rise. 
Sometimes it will go up to 100°, or even to 120° or 130°. 
After a time it will begin to fall, dropping slowly or rapidly 
according to conditions. 
On the downward course of the mercury, when go° has 
been reached, insert pieces of spawn. It matters little 
whether they are broken large or small. A brick of spawn 
ought to be sufficient for six square feet of bed. Insert the 
pieces say two inches below the surface, and firm the manure 
about the spawn. 
