V egetable Seeds and Sftawn 
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WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, 
201 Fulton St., New York. 
Spinach 
Bloomsdale Savoy Leaved. Pkt. 5c., oz. 15c., & 
lb. 20c., lb. 75c. 
Round Leaf. Pkt. 5c., oz. 10c., % lb. 15c., lb. 40. 
Large Round Leaf Viroflay. Pkt. 5c., oz. 10c., 
*4 lb. 15c., lb. 50c. 
Prickly. Pkt. 5c., oz. 10c., *4 lb. 15c., lb. 50c. 
Turnip 
Extra Early Purple Top Munich. Pkt. 5c., oz. 
10c., M lb. 20c., lb. 60c. 
Red Top Strap Leaf. Pkt. 5c., oz. 10c., Vx lb. 
20c., lb. 50c. 
Early White Strap Leaf. Pkt. 5c., oz. 10c., *4 lb. 
20c., lb. 50c. 
Purple Top White Globe. Pkt. 5c., oz. 10c., % lb. 
20c., lb. 50c. 
Golden Ball. Pkt. 5c.. oz. 10c., M lb. 15c., lb. 50c. 
Rutabaga Improved American Purple Top. Pkt. 
5c., oz. 10c., y 4 lb. 20c., lb. 50c. 
A Mushroom Bed 
Elliott’s Superior Mushroom Spawn 
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 fort¬ 
night 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 fiery 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 according to your re¬ 
quirements, 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 into 
pieces 2 inches square, and put them G inches 
apart, all over the bed, then cover the hed 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 spawn¬ 
ing 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, usin£ 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 ob¬ 
tained by spawning the hot-beds in Spring. They 
can also be raised in pots, boxe£, or, in fact, in 
anything capable of keeping the materials to¬ 
gether, and placed in a cellar, closet, greenhouse 
or grapery. 
English Spawn. Lb. 15c., S lbs. $1.00. 
French Spawn. In boxes of 3 lbs. Ea. $1.25. 
If to go by mail, 10c. per lb. must be added 
for postage. 
MUSHROOMS: HOW TO GROW THEM 
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