. The Garden : an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. a greenhouse species. I cannotimagine that the two plants can ever fairly be brought into competition witheach other, belonging, as they do. to distinct sections of the genus. The would be quite out of place in the stove, and certainly no one wouddream of planting its Mexican congener in the open border.—W. T. May 6, isire.] THE GARDEN. 429 THE KITCHEN GARDEN. MUSHROOM GROWING ON A BRICK in Lord Londesboronghs garden at Norbiton recently we a Bingnlar phenomenon—several groups of
. The Garden : an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. a greenhouse species. I cannotimagine that the two plants can ever fairly be brought into competition witheach other, belonging, as they do. to distinct sections of the genus. The would be quite out of place in the stove, and certainly no one wouddream of planting its Mexican congener in the open border.—W. T. May 6, isire.] THE GARDEN. 429 THE KITCHEN GARDEN. MUSHROOM GROWING ON A BRICK in Lord Londesboronghs garden at Norbiton recently we a Bingnlar phenomenon—several groups of well-grown growing from the face of a brick wall at about 5 ft. from theground. The spawn was also visible spreading about in gracefully wovenwebs. The wall was covered, and in a dry shed, had ordinarymnshroom beds placed against the other side, and from the upper,most of these the spawn had spread through the wall and producedexcellent Mushrooms from the dry face of the wall. The wall is noteven an old one, as the whole of the structures in the garden are of. recent date. This seems one of the most interestng facts in with Mushroom growing, and not wiihout its value from acultural point of view. V. article in The Garden (see p. 417) on Truffle-growing in Franceinduces me to offer a few remarks on this interesting subject. Cryptogam is only found sparingly in some of thesouthern counties of England; but in all young Oak plantations grow,ingon calcareous soils, there is little doubt but that it might be suecessfuUy cultivated. In 1813 I commenced here an experiment oftrying to induce Truffles to grow in a young Oak plantation near thelake, by getting all the parings and ones from the kitchenand planting them in it. The soil of this Oak plantation had come from the bed of the lake, and was fnll of the shells ofsmall molluscs, so that it was of a calcareous the old Truffles w
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