CATALOGUE OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
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MUSHROOM. 
German, Champignon. — French, Champignon .— Spanish, Hongo . 
( Special offer No. 2 only applies to Mushroom Spawn.') 
Mushrooms may be grown in cellars, out-houses, sheds, 
or under greenhouse benches. The amateur, however, is more 
likely to meet with success in cellars than elsewhere, as the cool 
moisture of the atmosphere and the uniform temperature are 
more congenial to the growth of this vegetable than that in 
structures above ground. The temperature should range be¬ 
tween fifty-five and sixty degrees. Use a mixture of equal 
weights , fresh horse droppings and loam that has no manure in 
it. Before placing this mixture in the bed turn it over every 
day for a week so that it does not heat violently, and be careful 
to keep it under cover so that it cannot get wet. Then begin to 
make the bed by spreading thin layers of the mixture, and 
pound each firm, until you have in all a depth of eight to ten 
inches ; leave 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, or 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 at any time sprinkle it freely with water at a temperature of 
about a hundred degrees. After the first crop has been taken off the bed, it should receive a pressing of fresh 
loam to a depth of half an inch, thoroughly firmed, over the entire surface, and when dry a sprinkling with water 
as above recommended, and a second crop will soon be had. A brick of English spawn is sufficient for nine 
square feet of bed. 
Lb. 100 lbs. 
Mushroom Spawn, original English Milltrack, superior to all others . . . . . . .15 $12.00 
Mushroom Spawn, genuine French Virgin.50 45.00 
MUSTARD. 
German, Senf — 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 omice will sow forty feet of drill. 
Oz. Lb. 
White London ................. .05 $0.25 
Brown or Black, more pungent in flavor than white 05 .25 
Chinese, leaves twice the size of the ordinary white mustard, of a deeper green, flavor pleasantly 
sweet and pungent, and desirable as a salad .......... .15 1.00 
NASTURTIUM, or INDIAN CRESS. 
German, India?iische Kresse. — French, Capucizie. —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 forty feet of drill. 
Pkt. Oz. Lb. 
Tall, excellent for covering fences, trellis-work, etc.05 .15 $2.50 
Dwarf, good for borders .............. .05 .25 3.00 
OKRA, or GUMBO. 
German, Essbarer. —French, Gumbo. — Spanish, Qiiibombo. 
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. 
J J J J Pkt. Oz. Lb. 
Improved Dwarf Green, early and productive . . . . . • • • • 05 10 $°-75 
Tall White, about six feet high; pods eight to ten inches long; an inch and a half thick 
at the stem, tapering to a point. 05 .10 .75 
See Special offers on third page of cover. 
