Vegetable^Seeds and Spawn 
SPINACH 
Bloomsdale Savoy Leaved, pkt. 5c; oz., 10c.; y 4 lb., 15c.; lb., 35c. 
Round Leaf, pkt. 5c.; oz., 10c.; V4 lb., 15c.; lb., 35c. 
Large Round Leaf Viroflay, pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; % lb., 15c.; lb., 35c. 
Prickly, pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; % lb., 15c.; lb., 35c. 
TURNIP 
Extra Early Purple Top Munich, pkt,, 5c.; oz., 10c.; L lb., 20c; 
lb., 60c. 
25 WM. ELLIOTT^fc SONS 
NEW 
YORK 
lied Top Strap Leaf, pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; } 
i lb.. 
15c.; 
lb., 50c. 
Early White Strap Leaf, pkt, 5c.; oz., 10c.; 
A lb., 
15c.; 
lb., 50c. 
Purple Top White Globe, pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c. ; 
Vi lb., 
15c.; 
lb., 50c. 
Golden Ball, pkt., 5c, ; oz., 10c ; ' /4 lb. 15c.; lb., 50c. 
Rutabaga Improved American Purple Top, pkt., 5c.; oz.,‘10c.; 
lb., 15c.; lb., 50c. 
ELLIOTT’S SUPERIOR MUSHROOM SPAWN 
Ten pounds will spawn about ten feet square 
Mushroom beds maybe 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 tiling 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 under cover, and as it 
heats keep turning it over once or twice a week, until 
the llery heat has been exhausted which will require 
from ten to fourteen days’ time. When the manure is 
in a condition to be made up, lay out your bed accord¬ 
ing to your requirements, 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 sufficiently declined to a 
temperature of 05 or 75 degrees, the spawn may be put 
into it. Break the Spawn in pieces 2 inches square, 
and put them 0 inches apart, all over the bed, then cover 
the bed with 2 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 purpose 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 it 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 anything 
capable of keeping the materials together, 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, io cts. per lb. must be added, for postage. 
MUSHROOMS: HOW TO GROW THEM 
Sent, postpaid, on receipt of 10 cents. 
