CATALOGUE OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
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MISHROOM.- Continued. 
it thus for a few days until the heat runs up to a hundred degrees or over and then declines to ninety 
degrees ; when this point is reached it is ready for spawning, which is done by making holes, three or four 
inches deep and twelve inches apart each way ; into each hole put a piece of spawn about as large as a 
hen’s egg and fill in the hole with compost. At the end of ten or twelve days the spawn will have run 
through the whole bed. There should then be spread over the entire surface about two inches of fresh 
loam. Over all place a few inches of straw. All that remains to be done is to keep the temperature as 
near to sixty degrees as possible; it should never be allowed to fall below forty degrees, oj; the crops will 
be both reduced and delayed. Ordinarily, if the conditions are right, mushrooms will appear in about six 
weeks and continue to come for about a month. In the event of the surface of the bed becoming very dry 
sprinkle it freely with water at a temperature of about a hundred degrees. After the crop has been taken 
off the bed, it should receive a dressing of fresh loam to a depth of half an inch, thoroughly firmed, over 
the entire surface, and when dry a sprinkling with w*ater as above recommended, and a second crop will 
soon be had. A brick of English spawn is sufficient for nine square feet of bed. 
Mushroom Spawn. Original English Milltrack, superior to all others, lb., 12 cts.; 50 lbs., #5.00; 
100 lbs., £9.00. 
Mushroom Spawn. Genuine French Virgin, lb., 50 cts.; 100 lbs., $45.00. 
” How to Grow Mushrooms,” by Faulkner, the most practical work on the subject to date $150. 
“ Mushroom Culture,” by Robinson. $0.75. 
MUSTARD. 
German, ScnJ. — French, Moutarde. — Spanish, Mostaza . 
Cultivated as a salad. The leaves are used like cress, 
when very young. Sow thickly in rows at different times 
from April to June, and cut when about two inches high ; 
for use during winter, it may be sown at intervals in boxes, 
in the greenhouse, or in a frame. One ounce will sow 
forty feet of drill. 
Oz. Lb. 
Brown or Black. More pungent in flavor 
than white ....... .05 $0.25 
Chinese. Leaves twice the size of the or¬ 
dinary white mustard, of a deeper green, 
flavor pleasantly sweet and pungent, 
and desirable as a salad. 10 .75 
White London .05 .25 
NASTURTIUM, or INDIAN CRESS. 
German, Indianischc Krcsse. — French, Capudnc. — 
Spanish, Capuchina 
Cultivated both for use and ornament; the seeds while young and 
succulent are picked and used as capers. The young leaves are also 
useful in salads. Its beautiful scarlet and orange colored flowers, 
which bloom freely all summer, add a charm to the garden. One 
ounce will sow fcyty feet of drill. 
Pkt. Oz. Lb. 
Dwarf. Good for borders.05 .20 $1.75 
Tall. Excellent for covering fences, trellis-work, etc., .05 .15 1.50 
For complete list of finest flowering sorts, see Novelties, and pages 84 
and 89. 
OKRA, or GUMBO. 
German, Essbarer. — French, Gumbo. — Spanish, Quibombo. 
This vegetable is of the easiest culture, and grows freely, bearing 
abundantly in any ordinary garden soil. Sow early-in May, in drills 
two inches deep, setting the plants from two to three feet apart. One 
ounce will sow forty feet of drill. 
Dwarf Green. Early and productive, tender pods. 
Tall Green. Later than the foregoing, an immense cropper, pods extra 
large and tender. 
White Velvet. Large, creamy-white pods, very tender .... 
See Special Offers on third page of cover. 
Okra White Velvet. 
