SUPPLEMENT TO 
January 31, 1839. j JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 35 
and watchfulness, to destroy any other member of the large and ob¬ 
noxious family of insect pests before he has done serious harm ; but the 
■shoot has been utterly spoiled in every case before 1 have found any 
trace of this wretched creature. The victim, generally the strongest and 
fattest shoot to be found, seems to come to a standstill, but otherwise 
appears in good health. A careful examination, however, discloses a 
small black speck in the very point. By that time the shoot is perfectly 
hollow for an inch or two down, and may as well be clean cut away. 
But do not neglect to destroy the perfidious white grub which you will 
find inside. 
By doing this you will at least prevent to a certainty that special 
grub from coming to perfection and increasing his kind, but I am afraid 
there is no chance of our exterminating any of these pests. I was look¬ 
ing at a hedge of wild Roses at the beginning of June, and they were 
simply covered with Rose pests of every description. Then there are all 
our Briar stocks. He is certainly a thorough rosarian who exterminates 
the caterpillars carefully on them. Then there are pillar and climbing 
Roses. Does anyone go carefully over them from top to bottom two or 
three times a week during the spring 1 No ; considering the amount of 
wild Roses in the hedges near me, I must be content to keep the Roses 
in my beds free from pests ; and it is a comfort that after a certain time, 
?)cfore the actual Rose season commences, the caterpillar war is over, 
and his description of it was published in the Journal of Horticulture. 
He there stated that Mr. J. Wright’s book on Mushroom culture 
prompted and assisted the promoters of the scheme. The following 
references to the Edinburgh enterprise, and accompanying illustra¬ 
tion, are taken from advance sheets of the sixth edition of “ Mushrooms 
for the Million,” now in the press :— 
A very practical outcome of the publication of this work has been 
the establishment of a company in Edinburgh for the purpose of grow¬ 
ing Mushrooms on a large scale for market. The work has been in 
active operation for some time, and enormous quantities of the finest 
of Mushrooms have been sold in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, 
London, and other places, prices having been realised for them higher 
than any recorded in these pages. From 15 cwt. to a ton a week was 
gathered from the beds in July, and there has been no difficulty in dis¬ 
posing of them. At Is. a pound, a ton of Mushrooms brings £112 ; but 
it is known that many have been sold for 2s., and some even more. 
The comparative scarcity of Mushrooms in pastures during 1888, in 
consequence of the unusually wet and cold summer, no doubt rendered 
the sale of cultivated samples brisker, prices being firmer accordingly ; 
but no matter how great the natural supply may be, Mushroom culture 
Fig. 14.—MUSHROOMS IN A RAILWAY TUNNEL. 
•and one of the two, rosarian or grub, is victor for the year.—W. R. 
Raillem. 
[The publication of interesting notes on earwigs, from our corre¬ 
spondent, must be deferred to a future issue.] 
ROSE GROWING FOR BEGINNERS. 
I HAVE read many articles in your valuable Journal on Rose grow¬ 
ing, but have never seen much about the propagation, planting, and 
budding of dwarf stocks. Many amateurs read “ The Manetti v. 
Seedling and Cutting Briar Controversy,” but I believe few know how 
to plant such stocks so as to be ready for budding on the next summer. 
If some of your readers who have had more experience than myself, 
and who have the pen of a ready writer, would enlighten the ignorant 
on this subject, I feel sure they would be much obliged. I am presum¬ 
ing that many amateurs, like myself, do bud on seedling Briars, 
Manettis, &c. It is important to know exactly how to transplant a 
seedling Biar, so as to be ready for budding on the following July. I 
have read Mr. Duncan Gilmour’s articles in the Journal, but never saw 
an explanation of the above either by him or anyone else. Perhaps he 
could add such a useful piece of information to his little book if he 
publishes a revised edition.— Henry Y. Machin. 
GROWING MUSHROOMS IN A RAILWAY TUNNEL. 
During September, 1887, Mr. E. Molyneux when visiting Edinburgh 
was enabled to inspect the work of the Scottish Mushroom Company, 
on the lines described, and good crops produced mainly between 
September and July, must continue to be highly profitable, for the 
simple reason that the home supply does not by any means equal the 
demand, and it has to be supplemented by large importations from 
France. It has at last been proved that the best British Mushrooms far 
surpass the French, and obtain higher prices accordingly. Why, then, 
is not the culture extended still more 7 Foreigners have had too much 
of English money for produce that might be more largely grown at 
home, and probably will be, as knowledge is disseminated and cultural 
enterprise stimulated. 
The engraving (fig. 14) is from a sketch by an accomplished artist, 
who was specially engaged to prepare it. He represents the view in the 
tunnel in the opposite direction, as entered from the city, and Mr. 
Molyneux, to whom it has been submitted, testifies to the fidelity of the 
representation, as does Mr. Robert Raton, who is now the proprietor of 
the undertaking, and will conduct the business under the name of the 
Scottish Mushroom Company. As will be seen, flat beds are formed 
along the narrow side of the line ; ridges across the wider space from 
the wall to the metals. 
Mr. Paton adds :—“We have proved to the British public that they 
do not require to go so far as France to get good Mushrooms. In Edin¬ 
burgh and Glasgow, French Mushrooms when opposed by ours only 
