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R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE. 



MARTYNIA. ( Gcmsenhorn.^ 



Proboscidea. The green seed pods make excellent pickles. Plant the seed early in June, and Pkt. Oz. Lh. 



thin to two feet apart lo .30 $3.00 



MUSTARD. {Senf.-) 

 Sow in shallow drills a foot apart; several sowings may be made for a succession. One ounce to forty feet of drill. 



Pkt. ."ilb. Lb. 



White. Best variety for salads, sometimes used as " greens " 05 .15 .40 



Brow'n. More pungent than the White 05 .15 .40 



MUSHROOM. {Agaricus Campestris.) 



CULTURE. 



Mushrooms arc more easily cultiv.ited lh:in m.iny people im.Tjinc, and m:iy he grown in any room or cellar where the temper 

 atnre can be maintained at from tilty 10 sixlv-tive degrees. For the l)i.d, use a mixture ot three parts horse droppings and one part 

 good fresh loam. Belore being phicid in the bed, let the manure be put in some dry place to sweeten, mixing it thoroughly and 

 turning it three or (our times, when the loam may be added. Up"n a dry, firm bntlom or shelf, proceed to make the bed by spread- 

 ing a thin layer of the prepared mixture, pounding it tirm, and continue thus till the bed is twelve inclies thick. Leave it thus for 

 about a week, or till the temperature has subsided toeighlytive degrees. I hen make holes about ten inches apart, and put in each 

 a piece of spn'wn about the size ol an egg. I'ress the spawn firmly into the compo<^t about two inches, leaving the top uncovered 

 to allow the excess of heat and moisture to pass off without injury to the germs. After ten days fill the holes and cover the whole 

 bed with two inches of fresh loam, and over this place a lew inches of stniw. I f the temperature is right, mushrooms will appear 

 in six to eight weeks from lime of spawning. The bed will continue bearing from four to six weeks. If the surtace of the bed 

 becomes dry at any time, it should be moislened Ireely with water at a temperature of eighty to eighty-five desrrees. To stiin uUite 

 the bed when it seems exhausted, the lollowinir treatment will sometimes give wonderful results : Soak the whole bed thoroughly 

 with water at a temperature of one hundred and ten degrees, adding one pounrl of sheep manure to every five gallons. One pound 

 of Farguliar's English J.u$hroom Spa-uit i.t sufficient for six square feet of bed. 



The lollowing'works on the Mushroom will be mailed post-paid on receipt of price. Both are excellent authorities on the 

 subject, and give plain and full directions. 

 MuSHROo.M Culture. By Robinson, 50 cents. How to Grow Mushrooms. By Wm. Falconer, fi.oo. 



English Mill-Track Mushroom Spawn. Per lb.. 15 cents; 8 lbs., $1.00; 25 lbs., $2.50; 50 lbs., $4.50: 100 lbs., $9.00. By 



mail, per lb., 25 cents. 

 French Mushroom Spawn. Our direct importation. Two pound boxes, each $1.00. 



TISSUE CULTURE PURE SP.\WN. 



Dr. B. M. Duggar, of the University of Missouri, who has had charge of the Mushroom Investigations for the U.S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, has developed a new and improved method of growing Mushroom Spawn from pure cultures made from the 

 tissue of the Mushroom. Spawn made by this new method has been extensively tested and has been found to be superior in 

 quality and much more prolific than all other spawn, 



100 bricks or more $15.00 per 100. 



(The bricks weigh about one and one-half pounds, so that the cost per hundred pounds is about $10.00.) 



50 bricks or over iS per brick. 



25 bricks or over 20 per brick. 



5 bricks or over 25 per brick. 



One or more bricks sent prepaid, .35 cents each. 



