2G R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE. 



MARTYNIA. {Gcmsenhorn.) 



Proboscidea. The green seed pods make excellent pickles. Plant the seed early in June, and Pl<t. Oz. Lb. 



thin to two feet apart lo .30 $3.00 



MUSTARD. {Senf.) 



Sow in shallow drills a foot apart; several sowings maybe made for a succession. One ounic lo forty feet of drill. 



Pkt. if lb. Lb. 



White. Best variety for salads, sometimes used as " greens " 05 .10 .25 



Brown. More pungent than the White 05 .10 .25 



MUSHROOM. {Agaricus Campcstris.) 



CULTURE. 



Mushrooms arc more easily cultivated than many people iraas^ine, and may be grown in any room or cellar wliere the tempei- 

 ature can be maintained at from filty to sixly-tive degrees. For the bed, use a mixture ot"three parts horse droppings and one part 

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

 turning it three or four times, when the loam may be added. L'pon a ary, firm bottom or shelf, proceed to make the bed by spread. 

 ing a thin layer of the prepared mixture, pounding it firm, and continue thus till the bed is twelve inches thick. I^eave it thus for 

 about a week, or till the temperature has subsided to eighty-five degrees. Then make holes about ten inches apart, and put in each 

 a piece of spawn about the size of an egg. Press the spawn firmly into the compost about two inches, leaving the top uncovered 

 to allow the excess of heat and moisture to pass oft 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 few inches of straw. If the temperature is right, mushrooms will appear 

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

 becomes dry at any time, it should be moistened freely with water at a temperature of eighty to eighty-five degrees. To stimulate 

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

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

 of Farquhar''s English Mushroom Spazmi is sufficient for six square feet of bed. 



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

 subject, and give plain and full directions. 

 Mushroom Culture. By Robinson, 50 cents. How to Gkow Mushrooms. By \Vm. Falconer, $1.00. 



English Mill-Tkack Mushroom Spawn. Per lb. 15 cents; S 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 SPAWN. 



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. 



