MARSHALL’S VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
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MUSHROOM SPAWN 
Musliroom 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 procureil the 
spawn, the next thing to be attended to is to make jjreparation for the beds. About a fortnight 
or three weeks before the beds are to be made collect a quantity of fi-esh 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 tlie iiery 
heat has become exhausted, which will require from ten 
to fourteen days time. When the manure is in a con¬ 
dition to be made up, lay out your bed according to 
your requirements, say three feet wide, ten feet long, 
and from two to three feet deep; beat it down tvell 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 tem¬ 
perature of 65 or 75 degrees, the spawn may be put into 
it. Break the spawn in pieces two inches square, and 
put them six 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 lirmly 
with a spade. The soil used for this purpose should be 
in 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, and necessitate 
sjjawning a second time. If everything goes on well, 
you niay 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 tlie 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 anything capable of keeping the materials together, and 
placed in a cellar, closet or green-house. 
Marshall’s English Spawn. Per brick, 18 cts.; 10 bricks, $1.50; per 100 lbs., $10.00. 
Pure Culture Spawn (American). Per brick, 20 cts.; 10 bricks, $1.75; 50 bricks, $7.00. 
if by mail, add 10 cts. per brick for postage. 
Mushrooms. 
MUSTARD. 
One ounce will sow 75 feet of drill. 
For early crops the seed may be sown in a hot-bed in March, and for general crop at fre¬ 
quent intervals through the Spring, in drills from S to 12 inches apart. 
White London. The best variety for salad. Per oz., 5 cts.; % lb., 10 cts.; lb., 30 cts. 
Giant Southern Curled. Very large leaves. Per oz., 10 cts.; Ib-j 15 cts.; lb., 50 cts. 
NASTURTIUM. 
Sow as soon as all danger of frost is past in drills about 1 inch deep. The tall kinds require 
fences or poles on which to climb. The seeds are used in flavoring pickles, or as a substitute 
for cajicrs. 
Dwarf.’ Finest mixed colors. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; Yi lb., 30 cts.; lb., $1.50. 
Tall or Climbing. Finest mixed colors. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; % lb., 30 cts.; lb., $1.00. 
OKRA, OR GUMBO. 
One ounce will plant 100 hills. 
This plant is extensively cultivated for its 
green pods, which are used in soups and stews, 
and are very wholesome and nutritious. Sow 
aliout the middle of May in drills 3 feet apart, 
and thin out the plants to 1 foot apart. 
Per Pkt. Oz. % Lb. 
Dwarf Green. Very early; 
smooth pods .$0.05 $0.10 $0.25 
Long Green. Ijong rilibed pods; 
very jiroductivo .05 .10 .25 
Perkin’s Improved. Pods very 
tender, long, and deep green. .05 .10 .25 
White Velvet. Tender white 
pod.s; smooth and velvety in 
appearance .05 .10 .25 
