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R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO., BOSTON. VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



A Bed of Farquhar's English Milltrack Mushroom Spawn 



MUSHROOM. 



Seta. Agaricus C ampestris 



CULTURE. 



Mushrooms are more easily cultivated than many people imagine, and may be grown in any room or cellar where the temperature can be maintained at from 

 fifty to sixty-five degrees. For the bed, use fresh stable manure, which should consist of half droppings and half short litter; this must be thoroughly turned and 

 mixed; many growers prefer a mixture of 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, if preferred, the loam may be added. Upon a dry, firm bottom or shelf, proceed 

 to make the bed by spreading a thin layer of the prepared mixture, pounding it firm, and continue thus till the bed is 12 inches thick. Leave it thus for about a 

 week, or until the temperature has subsided to eighty-five degrees. Then make holes about 10 inches apart, and put in each a piece of spawn about the size of an 

 egg. Press the spawn firmly into the compost about 2 inches, lea\'ing 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 2 inches of fresh loam, and over this place a few inches of straw. If the temperature is right, mush- 

 rooms 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 treat- 

 ment 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 sheep 

 manure to every five gallons. One pomul of Farqubars Engli&h Milltrack MusHtoojii spawn is sufficient for six square feet of bed. 



MUSHROOM SPAWN. Farquhar's English Milltrack. This Spawn is from virgin mycelium, germinated and developed under 

 special scientific methods, is not the uncertain material of the past, but is of uniform quality, prepared by the most successful and 

 progressive mushroom .specialist in England. We import every two or three months to ensure freshness. 



Per lb., 15 cts.; 8 lbs., $1.15;251bs., S3.00; oOlbs;, .S5.50; lOOlbs., S10.00;by mail,perlb., 25 cts. 



Mushroom Spawn. French. Our direct importation ... 2 lb. boxes, each Sl.OO 



TISSUE CULTURE PURE SPAWN. This spawn is produced by selecting spores from individual specimen mushrooms and is propa- 

 gated and transferred to the bricks of manure which when planted, produce Mushrooms, uniform in shape, even in size and of a creamy- 

 white color. Price per brick of about 1| lbs., 25 cts. Per 25 bricks, $5.00. Per 100 bricks, S15.00. 



The following works on Mushroom culture will be mailed post-paid on receipt of price. Both authors are authorities on the subject, 

 and they give plain and full directions. 



Mushroom Culture. By Robinson, 60 cents. How to Grow Mushrooms. By Wm. Falconer, $1.25. 



Potato Onion Sets. 



White Onion Sets. 



Yellow Onion Sets. 



ONION SETS. Prices Variable. 



These arc sm.ajl (Jnioiis grown the previous year, ripened off and taken uj) when m'ere bulblets. They produce -i verv carlv croD 

 and grow m any good soil. Set them in rows one foot apart, 4 inches from .set to set, as early as possible after the 'cround is in ^rood 

 workable condition in spring. *" ^ 



White Sets. Qt., 25 cts.; | pk., 85 cts.; pk., $1.50; bash., $4..-)0. Shallots. Prized for salads. (Jt., :^0 cts • > pk 85 cts • nk 

 Yellow Sets. Qt., 25cts.; J pk., 75ct.s.; pk., $1.25; bu.sh., .S4.00. •?•••">(>; busli., S4..50. ' " ' ' "' 



Potato Onion Sets, (^t., 25 cts.; i pk., 85 cts.; pk., 81.50; Garlic, r.^od for flavoring. Lh., 40 cts. 



bush., SI. .-)(). Egyptian or Perennial Tree Sets. Ready in September Sec 

 White Multiplier Sets. (^I, 30 cts.; J pk., S5 cts.; pk., $]..")0; our Anlnnin CiUiIoijm-. 



bush., $4. w. By Mail, add 8 cents per quart for postage, on all Onion Sets. 



