Le a 
— 
Sept. Strerigth; he plows it deep and well, and after 
———— {ome Months jhe repeats that Labour: thus the 
Mould is broken, the Air, Sun, Rains and Dews, 
Nature’s own Manure, are admitted freely; the 
Clods are calcin’d by the Sun and Wind, mel- 
low’d by the Dews, and diffolved. by Rains. 
Thus the Land becomes improv’d not by meer 
- Reft or Refpite. The Spade is the Gardener’s 
Plow, and it is a better Inftrument : his Land needs 
Fallowing, and let him give it all the phen Ad: 
vantage. 
Something like this is done in the Beds for ~ 
Tranfplanting, according to our Directions -here 
‘ given, and there is not. Time for more. ©The 
Soil is once expofed. and broke in digging up the 
Border, and once again in the particular Spots 
that are ufed; in the Act of Planting... In that 
Part fet afide for Spring, there is Opportunity for | 
- much more Advantage, Let it be dug deep, well 
broke with the Spade, and thrown up in high 
Ridges, Eaft and Welt, that. it may be open to 
' the Rifing and the Setting-Sun. Twice in the 
Winter let it be dug again, broke well a-freth, 
and thrown up in the fame Form and Manner. 
This will give it all the Advantage of a- well- 
manae’d Fallow, and in the Spring } it will be found — 
_ very Froigful: 
* Much of the Dung fed: in -Kitchen- Gaiens 
may be fav’d this Way; and ’tis always to the 
Advantage of the Produéts to be {paring of it. 
The fame Effect that takes by Fermentation, 
the Tillage we have directed fupply by Calcina- 
tion, and by the Impregnation of the Dews; and 
all the Products rais’d upon Ground, thus en- 
rich’d by Tillage, will be finer flavour’d. than 
thofe fupply’d with Nourifhment from Dung. 
We direct this to be a Week of Preparation | 
more than actual Service; and it will be found moft 
advifeable to make this Ufe of it. We propofe, 
in the next Number, to direét the principal 
Tranfplantations of the Kitchen-Garden, and this 
is needful as a Preparation for them. 
The Time of making Mufhroom-Beds. is now 
approaching, and this fhould be prepar’d for in 
_ the: fame timely Manner. Let mellow Dung be 
ready for making the Beds, and the proper Mat- 
ter got for planting of them. ‘This is to be fought 
for in thé Fields. 
The Mufhroom, long fuppos’d to be produc’d 
from Dung of Animals, by an equivocal Genera-. 
tion, is now known to rife like all other Vegetables, 
from Seeds. It is one of the Cayprocamia of 
ALinnus: thefe compofe his Twenty-fourth 
_ Clafs, the laft of his Work; and the Term 
form’d, like all his others, of two Greek Words, 
fignifes Plants, the Impregnation of whofe Seeds 
is from the Smallnefs or Obfcurity of the Parts, 
perform’d in a Manner not vifible to our Eyes. 
The Gardener fhould underftand thus much of 
24 A COMPLEAT BODY, &.. 
ae ae me a en 
Botany ;. for otherwife he cannot underftand what 
‘this Matter, tobe fought for the enriching of 
Mufhroom-Beds, is;.or how it fhould be moft 
properly manag’d. 
The Seeds of Mufhrooms are impregnated by — 
a fine Dutt from certain Buttons, like the Antherz 
of larger Flowers; and thefe, together with thofe 
Anthera are lodg’d within the Gills. 
When a Muthroom ftands to ripen fully, they 
dropout on the Ground: the Flap falls upon 
them, .and preferves.them from being {fcattered 
by the Winds: it alfo enriches. the Soil, and 
promotes their fhooting.. This happens in Autumn 
in our, rich ,Paftures; and, at other Seafons, on 
Mufhroom-Beds already made, and fruitful. | 
. The firft Shoot from the Mufhroom-Seed, is a 
flender Fibre, not to be perceiv’d but by power- 
ful Microfcopes ; and this ferves only to fix it in 
the Ground. Thus the Seeds lie till the fame 
Period of ‘the fucceeding Year; they then fhoot 
downwards; and getting about an Inch or an Inch 
and half under the Surface, form Clufters of little 
roundifh Knobs... From thefe occafionally rife 
Muthrooms; and from the Bottoms of their Stalks — 
again, there are produced more of thefe little 
Knobs... 
. Thefe are what Gardeners call. the Spawn of 
Muthrooms: they are the proper Matter for pro- 
pagating of them on the Mufhroom-Beds ; and 
this is the right Time for feeking them. 
_ The Mufhrooms which grow wild in F lds, 
are vattly preferable to fuch as we have from Art: 
therefore let this Spawm,-as it is call’d, be fought 
in the. richeft Paftures, where. Mufhrooms natu- 
rally grow; and not taken from the Beds of other 
Gardeners. . It will be found, by opening the 
Ground, where Muthrooms rife .plentifully ; and 
it muft be manag’d carefully. 
The Gardener, when he goes out. fist it, thould 
take his Spade for opening the Ground, and a 
broad Bafket, covered at the Bottom with eis 
‘Mots. 
He mutt take up the Sees of wc as 
entire as poflible, with their own Earth about 
them, and lay them carefully in the Bafket: when 
he has as much as covers the Bottom, he muft 
fpread. over them another Layer of Grafs; or 
Mofs, pretty thick, and then lay in more: thus 
let him proceed till he has enough for fuch a Bed 
as he intends to make. ' 
When he has brought this home, let him take it 
out of the Bafket as carefully as he put it in; 
and lay it Piece by Piece, with the Mofs under it, 
upon a Table in an airy Room, where the Sun 
does not come. 
This is.the Preparation he is: to- make for the 
Muthroom Spawn ; and-we fhall, next Week, tell 
him what to do with it: -for-it muft be fo long 
_ expofed to the Air beore it can be planted, 
EDEN: 
re 
