THOSE WHO SHOULD GROW MUSHROOMS. 
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cellars may be found on Long Island between Jamaica 
and Wood haven. 
Florists.—In midwinter the cut flower season is at 
its height and the florist endeavors to make all the 
money out of his greenhouses that he possibly can ; 
every available inch of space exposed to the light is 
occupied by growing plants, and under the benches 
alongside of the pathways dahlias, cannas, caladiums, 
and other tubers and bulbs are stored, also ivies, palms, 
succulents and the like. In order that the plants may 
be more fully exposed to the sunlight, they are grown 
on benches raised above the ground so as to bring them 
near to the glass ; and the greenhouse seems to be full 
to overflowing. But right here we have the best kind 
of a mushroom house. The space under the benches, 
which is nearly useless for other purposes, is admirably 
adapted for mushroom beds, and the warmth and moist¬ 
ure of the greenhouse are exceptionally congenial condi¬ 
tions for the cultivation of mushrooms. Florists need 
the loam and manure anyway, and these are just as good 
for potting purposes—better for young stock—after hav¬ 
ing been used in the mushroom beds than they were 
before, so that the additional expense in connection with 
the crop is the labor in making the beds and the price 
of the spawn. Mushrooms are not a bulky crop; they 
require no space or care in summer, are easily grown, 
handled, and marketed, and there is always a demand 
for them at a good price. If the crop turns out well it 
is nearly all profit; if it is a complete failure very little 
is lost, and it must be a bad failure that will not yield 
enough to pay for its cost. Why should the florist con¬ 
iine himself to one crop at a time in the greenhouse when 
he may equally well have two crops in it at the same 
time, and both of them profitable ? He can have his 
roses on the benches and mushrooms under the benches, 
oral neither interferes with the other. Let us take a 
