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from any poifonous Quality ettential to them, but 
from the accidental Ova or Animalcula , which the 
Richnefs of their Nutriment has allured to them, and 
which their Contiguity to the Ground, and the 
Places they arc produced in, render them obnoxious 
to. Thefe Animalcula I have lately had an accu- 
rate View of; out as rhcv demand a fuller Account, 
than this Paper, already too long, will permit, I 
fhall referve the Ohfervations upon them for another 
Opportunity of being honoured with the Attention 
of the Society. 
However, i" may not be amifs to fubjoin a fhort 
Account of the Culture in the Kitchen-garden of a 
Plant which contributes fo much to the Delicacy of 
polite Tables, which may be depended upon, from 
perfonal Trial and Succefs ; as thofe few Writers 
upon the Subjed, not being acquainted with the 
true Mufhrooms, are not intirely to be depended 
upon. 
In the Melonry, or Place allotted in the Garden 
for Hot-beds, the Mufhrooms mud be thus ordered : 
Having marked out a Portion of Ground one Yard 
and a half broad, and of any Length, as the Ground 
will permit; fatten two Sticks at each End of the 
diametrical Diftance already marked out, which fhall, 
by inclining to each other on the Top, form an Ifo- 
fceles Triangle. To the Breadth and Height of thefe 
Sticks mutt the Beu be made, of old, rich, dry Dung, 
clofely trod together: Neither new nor moift Dung 
is proper ; for the Mulhroom being naturally of a 
fucculent and fpongy Contexture, too much Hear, 
and too much Moifture, mutt neceffarily injure it. 
N 2 Having 
