ON FARM GARDENING. 
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Improved Early Netted Gem Muskmelon (Rose Gem Strain). 
green — one pound in ioo pounds of flour or plaster, or in 
150 gallons of water. 
Where the land is suited to melon culture, in any part of 
the country, the farm gardener will find no more satisfactory 
or remunerative crop. 
MUSHROOMS. 
Under certain favored circumstances the mushroom may 
be grown as a farm gardener's crop. The requisites are 
horse manure and a dark cellar, cave or vault. If the manure 
