HAlJISllALL’S YEGI'yrABLE SEEDS. 
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MUSHROOM SPAWN 
Ten pounds will spawn about 10 feet sq.uare. 
IMiislirooni beds may be ma<lc in a warm, dry cellar, or in any building where the frost does 
not ]>enotrate, and in tJie open air during the Summer and Eall months. Having procured the 
spawn, the next thing to be attended to is to make ])reparation for tlic beds. About a fortnight 
or tljree 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 
kee]) turning it over once or twice a week, until the liery 
heat has become exhausted, which will require from ten 
to fourteen days time. W'hen the manure is in a con¬ 
dition to be made up, lay out your bed according to 
your recjuirements, say three feet wide, ten feet long, 
^ind from two to three feet deej>; beat it down well with 
the back of the spade as the process of building goes on. 
\\'heu the bod has been made some time, say a week or 
thereabouts, and the heat suniciently declined to a tem- 
jicrature of (io or 75 degrees, the st)awn may be put into 
it. Break the spawn in pieces two inches square, and 
jnit them six inches ajiart, all over the bed; then cover 
the bed Avith two inches of rich soil, the stronger the 
better, ])ut of a loamy quality, beating it down firmly 
with a spade. The soil used for this purjiose 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 Avhile in this 
condition; if so, it will destroy the sj)awn, and necessitate 
sj)awning a second time. If everything goes on Avell,. 
you may exi)ect mushrooms in about five or six weeks., 
When the soil looks dry, give a gentle watering with te])id Avater, using a rose on the watering 
])ot. If the lieds are made out-of-doors, ])rotect them from rain hy covering them with shutters 
or sashes. Good crops of muehroonis can Ije obtained by spaAvning the hot-beds in spring. They 
can also be raised in pots, l)oxes or anything capable of keeping the materials together, and 
placed in a collar, closet or green-house. 
Marshall’s English SpaAvn. 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. 
Jf by mail, add 10 cts. per brick for postage. 
M IT S T A R D. 
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 8 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 leaA^es. Per oz., 10 cts.; Jb., 15 cts.; lb., 50 cts. 
Mushrooms. 
XASTIRTIUM. 
Sow as soon as nil 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 flaA^oring pickles, or as a substitute 
fur capers. 
Dwarf. Finest mixed colors. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; % 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 
One ounce will plant 100 hills, 
ritis plant is extensively cultivated for its 
green ])ods, which arc used in soups and stCAvs, 
and are very wholesome and nutritious. Soav 
al)out the middle of Alay in drills 3 feet apart, 
and thin out the plants to 1 foot apart. 
Per Pkt. Oz. Lh. 
Dwarf Green. Verv early; 
smooth j)ods .$0.05 $0.10 $0.25 
Long Green. Tjong rib])od ])ods; 
A'{‘r\' TU'oductiA^e . 
.05 
.10 
.25 
Perkin’s Improved. Pods very 
tender, long, atid deep green. 
White Velvet. Tender Avhite 
.05 
.10 
.25 
7 >ods; smoofli and \mlvety in 
appearance . 
.05 
.10 
.25 
GUMBO. 
