. Dreer's Garden Calendar. 21 



MUSHROOM SPAWN. 



Sold in the form of Bricks, at 30 cts. By mail, 50 cts. 

 Champignon, Fk. Seta, Span. Champignon brut, Ger. 

 Culture. — Mushroom beds are best made under cover. A dry cellar 

 or shed will do. Collect fresh horse-droppings without straw, turn 

 them over three or four times to get rid of the heat, dig out a foot deep 

 of the space to contain the bed, lay some long manure at the bottom, 

 and then the prepared dung, a little at a time, evenly and well beaten 

 down until it is a foot above the ground; put a layer of light earth on 

 this, two inches thick ; after a few days when the rank heat has passed 

 oft" place the spawn in the bed in lumps about two inches square and 

 si.\ inches apart, then cover with light earth an inch thick: beat it 

 gently down all over. Cover the bed thickly with straw, and if out of 

 doors, keep oft" rain, and protect from the cold with mats or boards. In 

 about five weeks the Mushrooms should make their appearance. 



MUSTARD.— Per oz., 10 cts. ; per lb., 50 cts. ; by mail, 65 cts. 

 3Ioutarde, Fr. Ilostazo, Span. Sen/, Ger. 

 White or Yellow (English.) | Brown or Black. 



Sown like Cress and used as a small salad. The White Mustard ia 

 also used for medicinal purposes. 



NASTURTIUM, OR INDIAN CRESS.— Per oz., 20 cts. 

 Capucine grande, Fr. Capuchina, Span. Kapuziner, Ger. 

 The seed-pods and foot-stalks are gathered green and pickled in vine- 

 gar ; resembling capers. The flowers are used for garnishing, and leaves 

 for mixing with salads. Sow in drills, when all danger of frost is over, 

 in ligtii rich soil, and train on brush or trellises. 



OKRA, OR GOMBO. 



Gomho Fr. Quibombo, Span. Essbarer Hibiscus, Ger. 

 Improved Dwarf, long-podded, per oz. 10 cts. 

 The young green capsules of this plant are used in soups, stews, etc., 

 to which fney impart a rich fjavoi and are considered nutritious. Plant 

 the seeds about the middle of May, in hills or drills ; thin to three plants 

 to the hill. Plant the seed thickly, as it is liable to rot in the ground ; 

 rich ground is necessary. The very young pods can be gathered and 

 dried for winter usej the ripe seeds are used as a substitute for cofiee. 



ONION. 



Ognon, Fr. Cebolla, Span. Zwiebel, Ger. 



Per oz. 



Yellow Danvers 30 



Ped Wethersfield.... 25 



Per oz. 



White or Silver-Skin 40 



Yellow Strasburg 30 



The Silver-Skin and Yellow Strasburg seed are of Philadelphia growth, 

 as northern grown and imported seed will not produce sets. For sets, sow 

 the seed as early as possible in the spring, very thickly, in beds or in 

 drills with a seed drill. As soon as the tops die off in the summer, 

 remove them to a dry, airy place; and early in the following spring 

 replant in rows about four inches apart, the rows wide enough apart to 

 admit of hoeing. The Onions, by this process, are obtained of a large 

 size early in the season. They may be reared to full size during the 



For Onion Sets and other Boots, see page 35. 



