42 R. & J. FARQUHAR & COlS CATALOGUE. 
MUSHROOM, (C4garicus Campestris.) 
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 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 thor- 
oughly and turning it three or four times, when the loam may 
be added. Upona dry, firm bottom or shelf, proceed to make 
the bed by spreading a thin layer of the prepared mixture, pound- 
ing it firm, and continue thus, till the bedis twelve inches thick. 
Leave it thus for about a week, or till the temperature has sub- 
sided 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, leav- 
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 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 ex- 
hausted, the following treatment will sometimes give wonderful 
results: Soak the whole bed thoroughly with water at a tem- 
perature of one hundred and ten degrees, adding one pound of 
sheep manure to every five gallons. Ove pound of Farguhars’ English Mushroom Spawn is 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, 70 cents) How To Grow Mushrooms. By Wm. Falconer, $1.40 
English [Mill-Track Mushroom Spawn. Made expressly for us by the most successful Mushroom Specialist 
in England and imported five times a year to insure freshness. When in Europe recently, we ascertained that 
the leading English Mushroom growers almost invariably purchased of a noted manufacturer whose spawn, 
under proper conditions never failed. We have arranged for a regular supply. 
Per pound, 15 cents; 8 pounds, $1.00; I00 pounds, $9.00. By mail, per pound, 25 cents. 
French [lushroom Spawn. Our direct importation. Two pound boxes, each $1.00. 
Large quantities of Tlushroom Spawn at special prices. 
MELON, MUSK. (iz. 
A light, rich soil is the most suitable for melons of all kinds. In very rich soils the hills should be six feet apart; in poor soil, about five 
feet. Before planting the seed mix a peck of rotted manure with the soil in each hill. About the middle of May, plant the seeds half an 
inch deep—six or eight in each hill. When the plants are well up, thin out, leaving three to a hill. - One ounce of seed for sixty hills; two te 
three pounds for an acre. 
Farquhars’ Honey=Drop. For earliness and delicious 
flavor this splendid Melon is without a rival, and for 
table use it is unquestionably the sweetest and best. It 
is of beautiful form, good size, and very productive. 
The flesh is very thick, delicious and melting, and of a 
deep orange yellow color. Pkt.,.10; 0z., .30; 1b., $3.00. 
Hackensack. Early, of large size, round shape and deeply 
ribbed ; flesh green; very sweet. Pkt., 05., 0z., .10;lb.,$1.00. 
White Japan. One of the sweetest; early; round; medium 
size; flesh creamy white. Pkt.,.05; 0oz.,.10; lb., $1.00. 
Early Christiana. Yellow-fleshed; very rich, melting 
flavor. Pkt., .05; 0z., .10; Ib., $1.00. 
Arlington Nutmeg. A favorite in Boston market; early 
and delicious. Pkt., .05; 0oz., .19; lb., $1.00. 
Montreal Nutmeg. Early, large, handsome and excellent. 
Bit -05; 0z., 103 lb. $160: 
The Banquet. Medium size, beautifully netted, flesh dark 
salmon. Pkt., .05; 0z.,.10; lb., $1.00. 
Emerald Gem. Small, extra early and very sweet; flesh 
orange. Pkt., .05; 0oz., .10; lb., $1.00: 
Long Island Beauty. Round; one of the earliest and 
finest. Pkt., O55; O2Z., -10; Ib., $1.00. FARQUHARS’ HONEY-DROP MELON. 
Surprise. Early, oblong, with rich orange flesh of good Pkt) Oc? BE 
quality ele Dwr ol tee wile @ Reieeteoe fo cise ener 
Jenny Lind. Very early; small; green-fleshed; delicious oy otrtwiriets ll os Moy SRE ARGS terete 
Bay View Cantaloupe. Oblong, large; green-fleshed; splendid flavor . .... . . . .05 .10 1.00 
Bird’s Cantaloupe. Very early and large; flesh green; verysweet. . . . .. . . » . .05 ~IO 1.00 
Newport Favorite. A most superior yellow-fleshed variety, of Persian origin, which is largely grown and most 
highly esteemed in Newport. It is early, of large size, ribbed, finely netted, and of delicious flavor. Pkt., .05 ; 
D2es pe cO ey] Dun1 2.00. 
Farquhars’ Improved Arlington Nutmeg. A specially fine strain of this delicious melon, so popular in 
. Boston market. The flesh is thick, yellowish-green in color, and very sweet. Pkt., .10; 0z., .25; lb., $2.50. 
