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Dr. F. M. Bauer, Superintendent of the Metropolitan Hospital 

 on Blackwell's Island in this city, has given us an interesting 

 account of an experiment he tried last summer in moving an old 

 deciduous stump from the upper part of the island to the Metro- 

 politan grounds for the purpose of encouraging the growth of 

 Pleurotus sapidus found upon it. Two or three weeks after 

 transplanting, the mushroom fruited and yielded five crops in 

 succession, the last one on December 17, when the accompany- 

 ing photograph was taken by Dr. Bauer. Plenty of water was 

 provided during the drought, and old blankets were spread over 

 the stump during cold nights. 



