168 
MUSHROOMS, HOW TO GROW THEM, 
Ridges, Smoothing the, . • . 139 
The Covered,* . .... 140 
Watering the,.139 
Roof,. 35 
Roofs water-tight,.39 
Of Tin,. v 38 
With Coating of Salt Hay, 38 
Salad Plants,.10 
Sashes, . . . . . .46 
Secret, No,.14 
Shading on Sunny Days, . . 42 
Shaft, Chimney-like, .... 16 
Shaft, Tall, Wooden, .... 28 
Shed, Open on South Side, . . 39 
Potting,.12 
Warm Potting, ..... 40 
The Term Applied, ... 40 
Tool,.12 
Wood.12 
Sheds, Growing Mushrooms in, 39 
Unheated,.40 
Shelves, Temporary Structures, 25 
Shutters, Light Wooden, ... 53 
Slugs,.127 
Attack Mushrooms in all 
Stages,.127 
Biting into Stems of Mush¬ 
rooms, ... .... 127 
Fond of Mushrooms, . . . 127 
How to Catch and Kill,. . 128 
Salt Distasteful to, ... . 128 
The Cause of “Bullet” or 
“Shot” Holes, .... 128 
Soil, Conditions of for Casing, 105 
Firming the,.196 
From Slopes and Dry Hol¬ 
lows in Woods, .... 101 
Ordinary Garden, . . . .101 
Peat, or Swamp Muck, . . 101 
Sandy,.101 
Sifting, for Casing, ... 105 
Southern States,.10 
Spawn,.13 
American-made,.86 
Amount of Imported, . . 80 
Another Method by La- 
chaume,.94 
Black Colored to be Avoided, 86 
Breaking,.23 
Brick*.80 
Brick, Cut in Pieces for 
Planting,*.97 
Brick, How to Make, ... 87 
Brick, the Best, ..... 95 
Depth to Plant, ..... 98 
Eff ect of Heat and Moisture 
Upon,.83 
Effect of Severe Frost Upon, 83 
English,.. . . 81 
English Brick,...... 23 
Flake,.82, 99 
Flake, Does Best under 
Cover,.95 
Flake or French,* .... 82 
French,.82 
French Flake,.24 
Homemade Around London, 137 
Spawn, How to Distinguish 
Good from Poor, .... 84 
How to Get,.79 
How to Keep,.83 
How to make French (Flake), 91 
Imported from Europe, . . 79 
In Leaf Beds,.68 
In Manure, Do not Bury, . 10 
Inserting French or Flake, 98 
Inserting more than Three 
Inches Deep,.105 
Insuring Development of, . 49 
Lachaume’s Method of 
Making,.93 
Making, Distinct Branch, . 87 
Making French Virgin, . 92 
Mill-track,.81 
Mr. J. Burton’s Method of 
Making,.90 
Natural,.81 
New Versus Old, .... 83 
Never use Dibber in Plant¬ 
ing, .98 
Other Recipes for Making, 89 
Planting of in Open Fields, 54 
Preparing the,.97 
Principal American Grow¬ 
ers of,.86 
Relative Merits of Flake 
and Brick,.94 
Signs of Sterility in, ... 85 
Simplest Way of Making,. 88 
Steeped,.99 
The Way in which it Comes, 81 
To tell Quality by Smell of, 85 
Transplanting Pieces of 
Working,.99 
“Very Dead,”.84 
“Very Living,”.84 
Virgin,.82, 91 
What is Mushroom, ... 78 
Where Obtained,.79 
Spiders, Red,.12 
Spores, Myriads of,.78 
Spurious Fungi,.102 
Stable, Empty Stall in Horse, . 13 
Staging, Erecting Temporary, 46 
Stairway,.16 
In Pit, ..32 
Standard Crop,.9 
Stoke-hole,.12 
Stove, Common Iron,’ .... 26 
Straw, Rye,. 47 
Sunlight, Protection from, . .10 
Temperature,.19 
At Night,.41 
About 57° Suitable, ... 23 
Fluctuations of,.15 
From 50° to 60°, ..... 18 
High,.19 
In Dosoris Cellars,.... 109 
In Midwinter,.33 
Low, ..15 
Proper,.75,109 
Sudden Changes to be 
Avoided,.47 
Too High, Guard Against, 76 
