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Arthur T. Boddington , 342 West 14th St., New York Ci 



BODDINGTON'S PURE CULTURE 

 MUSHROOM SPAWN 



PRODUCES MUSHROOMS IN FOUR WEEKS SUPERIOR AS TO QUALITY AND SIZE, AND MORE 



SURELY THAN ANY OTHER SPAWN 



Pure Culture Mushroom Spawn. The "new idea" is no longer in the experimental stage. The largest growers of Mushrooms use 

 the Pure Culture Spawn. 



Pure Culture Mushroom Spawn is propagated by a scientific process direct from varieties selected for size and prolific bearing. 

 By this new process, the chances of tlie spawn Ijecoming " dead " and the crop a failure are largely eliminated. 



In Pure Culture Mushroom Spawn the idea of improvement has been carried out, as in the improvement of all the vegetable 

 kingdom, with regard to cropping' and fitness for ail purposes. 



Price of Boddington'i Pure Culture Mushroom Spawn, 

 per brick 30 ctt., by mail, 45 cts. ; by express, 5 

 bricks SI. 20; 10 bricks $2, 26 bricks $4.26, 60 

 bricks $7.50. 



ENGLISH MILLTRACK 

 MUSHROOM SPAWN 



Fresh from the most celebrated maker in England. 

 Made in bricks. lo lbs. will spawn lo feet square. 15 cts. 

 per lb., $1 for 8 lbs., $10 per 100 lbs. 



We have many calls and inquiries with regard to 

 the growing of Mushrooms, but, owing to the some- 

 what lengthy cultural directions, we are unable to 

 place them in cur Catalogue. We take pleasure in 

 recommending to your notice the most practical 

 work ever published, "How TO Grow Mush- 

 .^OOMS" (Falconer). $1 postpaid. 

 CULTURAL DIRECTIONS FREE-IF REQUIRED 



Grown from Boddington's Pure Culture Mushroom Spawn 



Boddington's Quality'' Vegetable Seeds 



FOR LATE SUMMER, AUTUMN AND WINTER SOW- 

 ING AND FORCING IN FRAMES OR UNDER GLASS 



A few Hints and Instructions on the French Mode of Frame Culti- 

 vation of Lettuce, Radish, Carrot, CauHflower, Etc. 



Fresh stable manure, after being turned two or three times, is 

 made into beds according to the size required for the number of 

 Frames intended to be used, and pressed down so that the height 

 (or depth) of the manure be from 6 to 8 inches. 



The frames should then be placed on the pressed down manure, 

 about 18 inches being left between the rows of frames. Five or six 

 inches of the very best soil, preferably mixed with one-year rotten 

 manure, should be placed in each frame and well pressed down and 

 raked. 



The frames being now ready, first sow the Carrot and Radish Seed, 

 then cover with about K inch of soil, which should be slightly 

 pressed and flattened down. This having been clone, the Lettuce 

 plants re(iuired should be planted about 21 plants to a frame. These 

 plants jnust (jf course have been previously raised. 



A fortnigiit later, the Caulillower i)lants which have been grown 

 on ready should be jjliiiitcd in the same way, between the rows of 

 Lettuce, 10 to a frame. 



The crop of Radish is ready first, then the Lettuce, after that the 

 Carrots, and lastly the Caulillo\ver.s — all from the same bed or beds. 



If it is desired to grow Turnip instead of Radish and Carrots, the 

 Early Snowball variety should be sown in the same way as the 

 Radish and then the Lettuce planted, and a fortnight after the 

 Cauliflower should be planted in the same way as recommended 

 above. 



The soil generally used for the inside of the frames is the soil and 

 manure of the previous years' beds (i year rotted). 



The first sowing of Lettuce is usually made about October 

 1st in cold frames, and successive sowings every three or four days 

 until October 30th. The first batch is planted out in the frames 

 about December 20th, and should be ready for cutting in six or 

 seven weeks. Successive lots may be planted in the frames until the 

 end of February. 



The Cauliflower should be sown in October and November, 

 planted out in the frames about the beginning of February, and 

 is ready for cutting from the middle of May to the first week in 

 Jinie. 



The Turnip can be sown any time from the middle of February, 

 and is ready to pull five or six weeks from the time of sowing. 



