20 R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO’S SEED CATALOGUE. 
MARTYNIA. (Gemsenhorn.) 
PROBOSCIDEA. The green seed pods make excellent pickles. Plant the seed early in June, and Pkt. Oz. Lb. 
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MUSTARD. (Sens) 
Sow in shallow drills a foot apart; several sowings may be made for a succession. Ovxe ounce to forty feet of drill, 
VEN, Alley Lb. 
WHITE. Best variety for salads,)sometimes used as ““Preens (uae eee). tae go ee ES Se LO 25, 
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MUSHROOM. (Agaricus Campestris.) 
CULTURE. 
Mushrooms are more easily cultivated than many people imagine, and may be grown in any room or cellar where the temper- 
ature can be maintained at from fifty to sixty-five degrees. For the bed, use 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 the loam may be added. Upon a dry, firm bottom or shelf, proceed to make the bed by spread- 
ing athin layer of the prepared mixture, pounding it firm, and continue thus till the bed is twelve inches thick. Leaveit thus for 
about a week, or till the temperature has subsided to eighty-five degrees. ‘Chen make holes about ten inches apart, and put in each 
a piece of spawn about the size of anegg. Press the spawn firmly into the compost 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 coverthe 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 sheep manure to every five gallons, One pound 
of Farquhar’s English Mushroom Spawn ts sufficient for six square feet of bed. 
The following 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. 
MUSHROOM CULTURE. By Robinson, 50 cents. How to Grow MusHrooms. By Wm. Falconer, $1.00. 
ENGLISH MILL-TRACK MUSHROOM SPAWN. Per Ib. 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 MusHrRoomM 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. 
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