AUTUMN CATALOGUE OF BULBS, SEEDS AND GARDEN REQUISITES. 
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VEGETABLE SEEDS—Continued. 
SPINACH. 
Bloomsdale Savoy Leaved, pkt., 5c.; oz., 
10 c.; Yk lb., 15c.; lb., 35c. 
Round Leaf, pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; Yk lb., 15c.; 
lb., 35c. 
Large Round Leaf Viroflay, pkt., 5c.; oz., 
10c.; M lb., 15c.; lb., 35c. 
Prickly, pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; Yk lb., 15c.; lb., 
35c. 
TURNIP 
Extra Early Purple Top Munich, pkt., 5c.; 
oz., 10c.; Yk lb., 20c.; lb., 60c. 
] Red Top Strap Leaf, pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c., 
Yk lb., 15c.; lb., 50c. 
Early White Strap Leaf, pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; 
Yk lb., 15c.; lb., 50c. 
Purple Top White Globe, pkt., 5c.; oz., 
10 c.; Yk lb., 15c.; lb., 50c. 
: Golden Ball, pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; Yk lb., 15c.; 
lb., 5Cc. 
Rutabaga, Improved American Purple 
Top, pkt., oc.; oz., 10c.; Yk lb., 15c.; lb., 
50c. 
/ ELLIOTT’S SUPERIOR MUSHROOM SPAWN. Tpn about 
Mushroom beds may be made in a warm 
dry cellar or in any building where the 
frost does not penetrate, and in the open 
air during the summer and fall months. 
Having procured the spawn, the next thing 
to be attended to is to make preparations 
for the beds. About a fortnight or three 
weeks before the beds are to be made, 
collect a quantity of fresh horse manure 
without the straw; place it in a heap un¬ 
der cover, and as it heats keep turning it 
over once or twice a week, until the fiery 
heat has been exhausted, which will re¬ 
quire from ten to fourteen days’ time. 
When the manure is in a condition to be 
made up, lay out your bed according to 
your requiremnts, say 3 feet wide, 10 feet 
long and from 2 to 3 feet deep; beat it well 
down with the back of the spade as the 
process of building goes on. When the 
bed has been made some time, say a 
week or thereabouts, and the heat suffi¬ 
ciently declined to a temperature of 65 or 
75 degrees, the Spawn may be put into it. 
Break the Spawn in pieces 2 inches square, 
and put them 6 inches apart, all over the 
bed, then cover the bed with two inches 
of rich soil, the stronger the better, but 
of a loamy quality, beating it down firmly 
with a spade. The soil used for this pur¬ 
pose should be in a pliable condition, and 
not too wet or over dry. Cover the bed 
with a foot of dried straw or hay; examine 
once a week to see if the manure is not 
heated while in this condition; if so, it will 
destroy the Spawn, which will require 
spawning a second time. If everything 
goes on well, you may expect mushrooms 
in about five or six weeks. When the soil 
looks dry, give a gentle watering with 
tepid water, using a rose on the watering 
pot. If the beds are made out of doors, 
protect them from rain by covering them 
with shutters or sashes. Good crops of 
mushrooms can be obtained by spawning 
the hot-beds in spring. They can also be 
raised in pots, boxes or, in fact, in any¬ 
thing capable of keeping the materials to¬ 
gether, and placed In a cellar, closet, 
greenhouse or grapery. 
English Spawn. Per lb., 15c.; 8 lbs., $1.00. 
French Spawn. In boxes of 3 lbs., $1.25 
each. 
If to go by mail , 10 cents per lb. must be 
added , for postage. 
Mushrooms: How to Grow Them, 
sent, postpaid, on receipt of 10 cents. 
