lo & 12 Market Street, MANCHESTER; & ALTRINCHAM. 
Culinary Roots, 
Asparagus, planting 
,, strong planting 
„ extra strong', for forcing ... 
Sea Kale, planting 
„ extra strong for forcing 
very large, specially selected, forcing crowns 
., Retarded, strong selected crowns 
Artichokes, Globe 
,, Jerusalem 
Horse Radish 
Mint Roots 
Rhubarb Roots, of sorts 
„ extra sized roots for forcing ... 
Potato Onions, or underground onions 
Shallots 
„ Clibrans’ Exhibition 
Garlic 
Sweet and Pot Herbs, all kinds 
per 100, 3/6 to 
s. 
5 
d. 
0 
„ 7/6 and 
10 
6 
„ 1 5/- and 
17 
6 
... per 100 
7 
6 
16 
0 
... ,, 
21 
0 
... „ 
30 
0 
per doz., 6/- to 
9 
0 
per peck of 14 lbs. 
2 
6 
per doz. roots, 1/6 to 
2 
6 
per bunch, 6d. to 
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0 
per doz., 5/- and 
9 
0 
... 
12 
0 
... per lb. 
0 
6 
... ,, 
0 
6 
... ,, 
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9 
... 
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9 
... per doz. 
3 
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Chinese Artichoke {Slachys tuberifera). When cooked and served with melted butter, 
they are delicious, and make an acceptable dish. From to 2 feet is a good 
distance to range the rows apart, and the plants should be 9 to 12 inches apairt 
in the rows. The tubers should be covered with soil until required for use. 
pd. per lb. ; 4/6 per 7 lbs. ; 9/- per 14 lbs. 
The Chinese Yam (Dioscorea Batatas). An edible tuber, plant climbs something like 
a convolvulus, and produces heart-shaped leaves and white scented flowers. The 
tuber is long, and when boiled the flavour is distinct. It should have a warm 
position and deeply trenched rich ground. Small tubers, 4/- per dozen. 
Plants,of Cucumbers, Tomatoes, Vegetable Marrows, Melons, Cabbage, Sa^y, Borecole, Brussels 
RU6A 1 RLSf . Sprouts, Celery, Cauliflower, Broccoli, &c., can be supplied in their season. 
CLIBRANS’ 
Coneentpated Mushpoom 
Spawn, 
BEST QUALITY, PER BRICK, Cd.; PER EU£HEL OF IS BRICKS, 
We make a speciality ot Mushroom Spawn and have much pleasure in commending it to the notice of those who have not already give n 
it a trial. The large number of testimonials we are continually receiving, referring to the prolific crops obtained by its use, are m 
themselves a sufficient guarantee as to its excellence. 
HOW ^ TO GROW MUSHROOMS. 
Mushrooms may be grown in any dark place where the temperature ranges from 50 
tc 60' degrees. Use fresh manure, almost free from litter, from stables where the homes 
are fed on dry food. Expose the manure in an open shed for a few days before using it, 
turning it occasionally to prevent it heating; the great secret in growing fine Mushrooms 
being to have the manure neither too wet nor too dry, and to avoid it becoming hot, 
either before or after it has been made into the bed. When making the bed, shake the 
manure well out, and beat it firmly down, adding more and more till you have a depth 
of from 12 to 15 inches, and as solid as possible. Thrust two or three pointed sticks 
in tlie bed, so that you may afterwards ascertain the temperature, and leave for a few 
days to heat. When cooling, and you find from the sticks there is a steady temperature 
of between 70 and 80 degrees, break the spawn in pieces the size of a walnut, and press 
them firmly, nine inches apart, into the surface of the bed— six bricks will be abou; 
sufficient to spawn a bed of four square yards (3 ft. x 12 ft.) After spawning, coyer 
the bed one or two inches deep with stiff loamy soil and beat it firmly down, finishing 
with an even surface, and cover with a little hay. Mushrooms may be expected in 
six or eight weeks from the time of spawning, and the bed should continue productive 
for a couple of months. An occasional spnnkling with tepid water will hasten their 
growth but care must be used not to give it in excess, as, if the bed becomes saturated, 
it will be spoiled. If, when one bed begins to yield, another for succession is prepared, 
a continuous supply of Mushrooms may be had throughout the year. 
When Mushrooms are grown on shelves placed against a wall, the Mushroom 
house should be situated as much as possible in the shade, in order that the internal 
temperatures may not be subjected to so much fluctuation by reason of the sun shining 
on the roof. 
Chedington Court Gardens. 
1 must mention your Mushroom Spawn ; have never seen anything to equal it ; have been pulling from 
a bed eight weeks, and they come as thick as ever ; splendid mushiooms. H. Birkinshaw. 
