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^•^R^ETfABLE English Milltrack Mushroom Spawn. 



The best results are obtained by the use of our superior English Mushroom Spawn, which is largely used by the most successful 

 growers around Philadelphia. The quality of our Spawn is well known. Full and explicit instruciions for growing Mushrooms 

 are sent free by us with all orders foi Spawn. Everyone who has a cellar or outside buildings not in use should, by all means, 

 grow this most delicious esculent, considered liy most people a luxury. One of the best places to grow these is under a green- 

 house bench, where the thermometer does not run too high. 



English nilltrack Spawn. For many years we have been 

 selling a special make of English spawn which has given ex- 

 cellent results, producing large crops of fine Mushrooms. 

 It is made with great care and is full of live " 7)iyccliiim" 

 It is this that produces the mushrooms. It is made in bricks, 

 of about 1^ lb., and each brick is sufficient for 8 square feet 

 of bed. Per buck, 15 cts. (by mail, 25 cts.) ; by express, 

 12 bricks, $1.50; 25 lbs., $2.50; 50 lbs., $4.50; 100 lbs., 

 $8 00. 

 Pure Culture Spawn. This is an American make of 

 spawn, the method having been discovered by a scientist 

 in 1903. It produces mushrooms of excellent quality and 

 large size, this being due to the fact that the spawn is ob- 

 tained by a process of " g^uiflitig,'" only large and vigorous 

 specimens of mushrooms being used for this purpose. Per 

 brick, 30 cts. (by mail, 45 cts.) ; by express, 6 bricks, $1.25; 

 12 bricks, $2.40; 25 bricks, $4.75; 50 bricks, $8.50. 

 French Spawn. This spawn comes from France. It is 

 prepared loose, in boxes. 3-lb. boxes, $1.25, by express. 

 Dreer's Mushroom Circular Free on Application. 



New Book on Mushrooms. 



Mushrooms. Edible and Poisonous, by Geo F. Atkinson. 

 Contains over 'ZoO half-tone engravings and several colored plates, being 

 the finest illustrations of American Mushrooms ever published. The 

 most dangerous varieties are fully illustrated. Full cultural directions, 

 with flashlight photos of Mushroom houses, cellars, covers, etc. Price, 

 63.00, postpaid. 



Nice Crop of Mushrooms. 



mint Plants. (See page 47.) 



Sen/, Ger. mustard. 



MARTYIHIA Gemfenhom, Ger. 

 The seedpods are used for pickling, when gathered young 

 and tender. Sow in the open ground in May, in hills 3 feet 

 apart each way, or in a hotbed, and afterwards transplant. 

 riartynia Proboscidea. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; \ lb., 75 

 CIS.; lb., $2.50. 



Moutnrd, Fr 

 Alostaza, Sp. 

 One ounce will sow about eiglity feet of drill. 



A small pungent salad used with cress; the seed is also used for 

 davoring pickles, pepper-sauce, etc. For salads sow thickly in shallow 

 drills, 6 inches apart, or in frames or boxes during the winter, where 

 frost can be partially excluded. Successive sowings may be made every 

 week or two. To grow seed, sow in April, in rows one foot apart, and 

 thin out to 3 inches apart when 2 inches high. 

 White London. Oz., 5 cts.; \ lb., 15 cts.; lb., 40 cts. 

 Chinese. Leaves twice the size of the white, flavor sweet and pun- 

 gent. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; \ lb., 25 cts.; lb., 75 cts. 



]SASTURTIU:^S. 



Four ounces of seed to one hundred feet of row. 



Cultivated both for use and ornament. The seedpods, which re- 

 semble capers, are gathered while green and tender for pickling, and 

 the leaves are used for mixing with salads. Sow early in the spring, in 

 drills about 1 inch deep, in light, rich soil, wheti all danger of frost is 

 over. Train tall on trellises, and grow the dwarf in beds. 

 Tall nixed. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; \ lb., 30 cts.; lb., $1.00. 

 Dwarf Mixed. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; \ lb., 30 cts.; lb., $1.00. 

 For named varieties see pages 85 and 86, Flower Seed Department. 



4~k'*.7"E> A ¥~k'S> r^'WTmm'wrM^ Goinbaiid, Fr. 

 5<i/>-a«, Ger. tJllLK.il., tJlC tiUxUlStJ. (),,j-,„3„„^(5o_ Sp. 



This vegetable is extensively grown for its green pods, which are used 

 in soups, stews, etc., to which they impart a rich flavor, and are con- 

 sidered nutritious. Sow the seed thickly in rich ground about the 

 middle of May, or when the ground has become warm, in 

 apart, 1 inch deep; thin to 10 inches apart in drills. 

 Perkins Long-Pod. Handsome, large green pods. 



oz., 10 cts.; 1 lb., 20 cts.; lb., 60 cts. 

 Dreer's Little Qem. The best of the dwarf sorts. 



slender, and of a light green color. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; \ lb., 



25 cts.; lb., 75 cts. 

 White Creole ( White Velvet). Pods free from ridges and very tender. 



Pkt., 5 cfs.; oz., 10 cts.; \ lb., 20 cts.; lb., 60 cts. 

 Improved Long Green. (See cut.) Very productive ; bears long 



pods, which remain tender a long time and are free from hard i id^-es. 



Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; i lb., 20 cts.; lb., 60 cts. 



drills 3 feet 

 Pkt., 5 cts.; 

 Pods long. 



