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



MARTYNIA. ( Gcmsenkor?i.) 

 Y Proboscidea. The green seed pods make excellent pickles. Plant the seed early in June, and P kt - ° z - Lb- 

 thin to two feet apart 10 .30 $3.00 



MUSTARD. {Senf.) 



Sow in shallow drills a foot apart; several sowings may be made for a succession. One ounce to forty feet of drill. 



Pkt. %Vo. Lb. 



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



■Brown. More pungen than the White 05 .10 .25 



MUSHROOM. {Agaricus Campestris.) 



CULTURE. 

 Mushrooms are more easily cultivated than many people imagine, and maybe 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 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 spreading a thin layer of the prepared mixture, pounding it firm, and 

 continue thus till the bed is twelve inches thick. Leave 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 e gg. 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 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 sheep manure to every five gallons. One pound of Far quhar^s 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, 50 cents. How to Grow Mushrooms. By Wm. Falconer, $1.00. 



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. ]Ve have arranged for a regular supply. 



Per lb., 15 cents; 8 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. 



