. George Tait and Sons' price list and descriptive catalogue of field and garden seeds. Nursery stock Virginia Norfolk Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. TWIT'S SEED CATALOGUE FOR 1902. V s. English. It is white when young, turning brown rapidly; the gills are loose and pinkish-red in color at first, changing to liver-white. There is a great deal of spawn sold at fancy prices, but we can assure our customers that no stock better than ours is imported. Per lb., 15 cts. Culture.—One pound of spawn icill plant about ten square feet. It is a mistak
. George Tait and Sons' price list and descriptive catalogue of field and garden seeds. Nursery stock Virginia Norfolk Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. TWIT'S SEED CATALOGUE FOR 1902. V s. English. It is white when young, turning brown rapidly; the gills are loose and pinkish-red in color at first, changing to liver-white. There is a great deal of spawn sold at fancy prices, but we can assure our customers that no stock better than ours is imported. Per lb., 15 cts. Culture.—One pound of spawn icill plant about ten square feet. It is a mistaken idea which many people have that the growing of mushrooms is too troublesome and difficult for an ama- teur to attempt. As a matter of fact, they can be raised in cellars, under the benches of greenhouses, or in any shed where a temperature of from fifty to sixty degrees can be maintained through the winter, and the results certainly compen- sate for what trouble is incurred. The beds should be made up about two months before the mushrooms are wanted, as it takes about that time for them to begin bearing. For their preparation procure fresh horse manure, free from litter and straw, and incorporate with it an equal bulk of loam from some old pasture; put it in a heap under cover and turn daily until the extreme heat is out. The beds may be of any size desired, but the proportions recommended by the best growers are about four feet wide, eight inches deep and any con- venient length. Put the compost of loam and manure in layers, pressing each firmly with the back of the spade. Leave until the heat has subsided to about ninety degrees, and then make holes two inches deep and a foot apart each way to receive pieces of spawn the size of a walnut. Refill the holes and allow eight or ten days for the spawn to diffuse itself through the entire bed; then cover with two inches of fresh soil, and over this spread a layer of straw or litter four inches deep. The bed must never be allo
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