. The parks, promenades, & gardens of Paris, described and considered in relation to the wants of our own cities, and the public and private gardens. Gardens; Parks. 486 MUSHROOM CULTURE. a tub. Holes are made in the bottom of each, and a thin layer of good soil is spread over them inside. They are then filled with good well prepared stable manure, just like that used in the case of ordinary Mushroom beds, the different layers of dung in each tub being well pressed down. When the tub is half full, six or seven good pieces of spawn are placed on the surface, and the remainder is piled up wi
. The parks, promenades, & gardens of Paris, described and considered in relation to the wants of our own cities, and the public and private gardens. Gardens; Parks. 486 MUSHROOM CULTURE. a tub. Holes are made in the bottom of each, and a thin layer of good soil is spread over them inside. They are then filled with good well prepared stable manure, just like that used in the case of ordinary Mushroom beds, the different layers of dung in each tub being well pressed down. When the tub is half full, six or seven good pieces of spawn are placed on the surface, and the remainder is piled up with manure, which is well pressed down, the operation being completed by giving to the heap the form of a dome. The tubs thus prepared are placed in a perfectly dark part of a cellar, and eight or ten days afterwards the dung is taken up until the spawn is visible, in order to see whether it has com- menced to vegetate anddevelope little fila- ments. If the spawn has struck, the surface must be covered with soil, care being taken to use only that which is fresh and properly prepared. The ne- Mushrooms grown in bottom of old Cask, cessity of procuring good Mushroom spawn cannot be too strongly insisted upon, this being the indispensable condition for arriving at a good re- sult. An excellent kind is sometimes met with that has been formed spontaneously in some old dungheap, which is called virgin spawn. When this cannot be procured, excellent spawn may be formed in the following manner:— A little bed of stable manure is prepared, either in a cellar or in the open air, and sown with good ordinary Mushroom spawn, the proper amount of care already described being bestowed upon it. As soon as the Mush- rooms appear on the surface of the bed the spawn remaining must be speedily removed and placed in a dry, airy situation. The spawn thus prepared can be preserved for two or three or even four years. Specimens have been kept as long as four- teen years, from which excellent results ha
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