34 Fcrrquhars' Reliable Seeds, 19 South Market St., Boston. 



MUSHROOM. Agaricus Campestris. 



German, Champignon. French, Champignon. 



Mushrooms are more easily cultivated than many people imagine, and may be grown in any dark 

 room or cellar where t^^e temperature can be maintained at from fifty to sixty-five degrees. For the 

 bed, use a mixture of horse droppings and good fresh loam in equal proportions. Before being 

 placed in the bed let this material be thoroughly mixed, and well turned over three or four times to 

 sweeten in some Ary place. Upon a dry, firm bottom proceed to make the bed, by spreading a thin 

 layer of the prepared mixture and pound it hard; go on till the bed is eight inches thick Leave it 

 thus for about a week, or till the temperature of the bed has subsided to ninety or ninety-five degrees. 

 Then make holes about ten inches apart, and put in each a piece of spawn about the size of an egg. 

 Cover the holes and press the soil solid and smooth. Let the bed remain in this condition about 

 ten days, then cover with about two inches of fresh loam. Over this place a few inches of straw. 

 If the temperature is right IMushrooms will appear in six to eight weeks from time of spawning. 

 The bed will continue bearing about a month. After the first crop is gathered, spread over the bed 

 an inch of fresh loam, and moisten with warm water. In the event of the surface of the bed getting 

 very dry at any time, it should be moistened freely with water at a temperature of eighty to eighty- 

 five degrees. One pound of English Mushroom Spawn is sufficient for nine aquare-feet of bed. 



Mushrooni Spawn, English. Best Milltrack. This quality can always be relied 



upon. We import twice a year in order to supply fresh. Per pound, 15 cents. 

 Mushroom Spawn, French. Two-pound boxes, each $1.25 



NASTURTIUM. 



German, Kresse Indianische. French, Capucijie. 



The seeds while young and succulent are pickled and used as Capers. Plant seeds in April or 

 May, an inch deep, by the side of a fence, or provide some support for the plants to run on. 



Per pkt. Per oz. Per lb. 



Large Seeded, Tall. The best for pickling, 05 .15 $1.75 



OKRA. 



German, Essbarren Hibiscus. French, Gombo. 



A native of the West Indies, where it is called Gumbo. The young pods are used to thicken 

 soups and stews. Sow the seed as soon as warm in spring, in rows three feet apart and two inches 

 deep; thin, so that the plants stand two feet apart. One ounce to forty feet of drill. 



Per pkt. Per oz. Per lb. 



Dwarf Green. Productive and excellent, 05 .10 80.75 



Tall Green. Later than the dwarf, 05 .10 .75 



ONION. 



German, Zwiebel. French, Ognon. 

 The Onion has been cultivated as an article of food from the earliest times, and at the present 

 day is perhaps more universa' y grown than any other vegetable. A good crop is impossible unless 

 the soil is very rich and kept clean. Use well-rotted manure freely, and get the crop in as soon as 

 possible in spring, no matter if the weather is cold and unpleasant. Sow in drills one foot apart, 

 and cover about one-third of an inch treading or rolling after sowing, so that the hot, dry atmos- 

 phere may not dry up and destroy the sprouting seed. When three inches high, thin to two inches 

 apart. Stir the ground freely without disturbing the young plants, and keep free from weeds. One 

 ounce to one hundred feet of drill ; four to five pounds per acre. 



California-grown Onion seed is freely offered in our markets at a low price. 

 We avoid it altogether, as it is almost worthless in this climate. Our Onion seed is 

 grown from selected bulbs, and is of finest quality in every respect. 



Per pkt. Per oz. Per Ib- 



Danvers Yellow. Buxton, selected, home-grown stock. Globe-.shaped ; 

 tarly, with very small neck; large size; fine quality, and good 

 keeper; the best for general crop, 05 .30 §4.00 



Danvers Yellow. Excellent new seed, but not our growing, . .05 .20 2.50 



