. Special price list of Jos F. Dickmann Seed Company's garden, field and flower seed true to name and fresh : implements, fertilizers and poultry supplies of all kinds. Nursery stock Missouri Saint Louis Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. 1110 ANI> 1112 N. THIRD ST., ST. LOUIS, MO. MUSHROOM SPAWN, qamliigiiimfinit. CUL-TUKE.—Mushrooms may be grown in cellars, uiidej- benches of greenhouses, or in sheds, wherever the tempera- ture of 50 degrees can be kept up through the winter. The beds should be made from November to Febr
. Special price list of Jos F. Dickmann Seed Company's garden, field and flower seed true to name and fresh : implements, fertilizers and poultry supplies of all kinds. Nursery stock Missouri Saint Louis Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. 1110 ANI> 1112 N. THIRD ST., ST. LOUIS, MO. MUSHROOM SPAWN, qamliigiiimfinit. CUL-TUKE.—Mushrooms may be grown in cellars, uiidej- benches of greenhouses, or in sheds, wherever the tempera- ture of 50 degrees can be kept up through the winter. The beds should be made from November to February, according to the time the Mushrooms are wanted, and it requires about two months for them to begin bearing. Secure fresh horse dunK, free from straw and litter, and mix an equal bulk of >v loam from an old pasture with it. Keep this under cover, taking care to turn it every day, to prevent heating, until the % pile is large enough to make a bed of the required size. Three or four feet wide, eight inches deep, and any length desired, are the proper proportions for a bed, but these may be varied. Prepare the mixture of loam and manure, making the bed in layers, and pounding down each with the back of the spade. Leave this to heat through for a few days, and as soon »^^^^___». WMU as the heat subsides to 90 degrees, make holes in the bed about |||:ir! ''^ '''I^^^^^HHyjllH^r a foo^ apart each way, into which put pieces of the spawn two ^^IJHHlMpilH^^^ or three inches in diameter; fill up the holes with the com- Wjii^^^^SlBS^mmBlm post, and at the expiration of a week or ten days the spawn will have thoroughly diffused itself through the bed. Spread a layer of fresh soil over the heap to the depth of two inches f/l'W jjfll^ss. ^"^^ cover with three or four inches of hay, straw or litter. Smi % mSb^\ Examine the bed often to see that it does not get dry. Take Si^^^^HISS^^HHe'/I "•'' i^^lOm'- f special care, however, when water is given, that it be at a , WKK^
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