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exce/Tive rains flioiild happen, caft fome dry 
litter at top, or Ipread garden mats, fo as to 
fhoot off the wet, left it fliould perifti the 
bed, or occafioii it to heat violently and 
burn; either of which would render it totally 
ufelefs. Great humidity is a certain enemy 
to Mnfhroom beds, as it foon exterminates 
the whole fpawny fubftance, 
Some perfons indeed make the beds under 
an air}'^ covered died, or barn, or ere<5t a 
fort of awning of canvas ; fome alfo, having 
confiderable ranges of glafs houfes, make 
them in thefe departments. I however have 
always found fuccefs in the open ground, 
and generally much better than when under 
any covering. 
By way of curiofity and experiment, I 
have made a bed for Muftirooms in the 
fame manner as for cucumbers and melons, 
permitting 
