427-9 SANSOME ST., 8AX FBANCISCO. 
Mushroom Spawn 
Blanc de Champignon Champignonbrut Seta. 
Mushrooais may lie grown in cellars, iinder benches 
of greenhouses or in sheds, wherever a uniform tempera- 
ture of fifty degrees can be maintained. The bedsshoukl 
be made according to tlie time f lie Mushrooms are wanted, 
and It requires about two months for them to begin bear- 
ing. Secure fresh horse-dung, free from straw and lit- 
ter, and mix an equal bulk of loam from an old pasture 
with it. Keep this under cover, taking care to turn it 
every day to prevent heating, until tlie pile is large 
enough to make a bed of the required size. Three or 
four feet wide, eight inches deep, and anv length de- 
sired, are the proportions for a bed; but the.se mav he 
varied. Prepare the mi.xture of loam and manure, mak- 
ing the bod in layers, and pounding down each with the 
back of the spade. Leave this to heat through for a few 
days, and as soon as the heat subsides to 90 degrees make 
holes in the bed about afoot apart each way, into which 
put pieces of the spawn two or three inches in diameter; 
fill up the holes with the compost, and at the expiration 
of a week or ten davs the spawn will have thoroughly 
diffused itself through the bed. Spread a layer of fresh 
soil over the heap to the depth of two inches, and cover 
with three or four inches of hay, straw or litter. 
Examine the bed often to see that "it does not get dry. 
Take special care, however, when water is given, 
v.,11, ■ J I . ^^^^ it be at a temperature of about 100 dee-rees' 
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irench Spiuvn. In 3-lb. boxes, per box, $1.50; in bulk per lb., $50 cts. 
MUSHROOMS. 
riustard 
Moularde Senf Moslaza. 
One ounce will sow a drill fifty feet long. Sow thickly in rows six inches apart, and when about two 
inches high It can be cut and used with Cress, forming a pleasing pungent salad. 
Black or Brown. More pungent than the Yellow, per oz., 5 cts; per jib., 10 cts; per lb 25 cts 
Uuiiese. Leaves wice thesizeoftheordinary;sweet and pungent, per oz., 10cts;per}lb ''Sets- per lb 75cts 
Giant Southern Ctllied. This variety is highly esteeied^in ^he South, whe'^e tC's;eTi;^so\vMi in the 
all, and the plants used very early in tlie spring as a salad. The plants grow about two feet hieh and 
torm enormous bunches, per oz., 10 cts; per \ lb., 25 cts; per lb., 75 cts. ^ ^ 
White or Yellow. Of very rapid growth and agree;ib!e flavor, per oz.. 5 cts; per^Ib., 10 cts; per lb., 25 cts; 
Nasturtium 
Capudne Nasturtium Maraneula. 
One ounce will sow fifty feet of drill. Sow in drills one inch deep, the tall varieties bv the side of a fence 
trelhs work or other support to c n,b upon. The seed pods, which resemble capers, ^rrgathLed wwfe 
green and tcnder and used for pickling, and the leaves are used in salads gauierea «liile 
Dwarl Mixed. All color,?, per oz., 20 cts; per J- lb., 50 cts; per lb., §1.75. 
Scarlet. Per oz., 25 cts; per ilb., 60 cts; per lb., $2. 
-r V. P*-'"" ^'b'' ^0 pet- lb., «i2. 
Tall Mixed. All colors, per oz., 10 cts; per Jib., 30 cts; per lb., $1. 
" Crimson. Per oz., 20 cts; per Jib., 50 cts; per lb., $1.50 
Per oz., 10 cts; per Jib., 30 cts; per lb., $1. 
Yellow. 
Okra or Qombo 
Gombaud 
Safran Quimbombo. 
One ounce will plant one hundred hills. Of easy cultivation in anv good soil; plant about two inches, 
deep, in drills two an<l one-halt feet aj.art. When well established thin to ten andClve Ses „ "^^^^^^^ 
Keep tne sou well worked, and occasionallv dl-aw a little aroiiml ih^ «t„lw. 
The ]kk1s 
should be gathered while young and tender. 
Whito^flv«i*'^" TT^'^' ""P '""S pods, per oz., 15 cts; per ilb., 35 cts; per lb., $1.25 
White Velvet. Handsome and productive; long smooth white pods, per oz., 10 cts; Jib., 25 cts; ib', 75 Hs 
How to grow Mushrooms. By Wm. Falconer; by mail Si 50. 
