. Price list and descriptive catalogue. Nursery stock Kansas Lawrence Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seedlings Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs. MUSHROOM SPAWN. Mushrooms may be cultivated much easier than is generally supposed. They may be grown in a cellar or shed, or in beds prepared in the open air. in the same manner as hot-beds. Take fresh horse manure, shake it well apart, and lay it into a heap to ferment. Turn and mix it well every three or four days, by shaking together the outside of the heap, Avhich is cold, and the insi
. Price list and descriptive catalogue. Nursery stock Kansas Lawrence Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seedlings Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs. MUSHROOM SPAWN. Mushrooms may be cultivated much easier than is generally supposed. They may be grown in a cellar or shed, or in beds prepared in the open air. in the same manner as hot-beds. Take fresh horse manure, shake it well apart, and lay it into a heap to ferment. Turn and mix it well every three or four days, by shaking together the outside of the heap, Avhich is cold, and the inside, which is hot, so that every part of it may be equally fer- mented and deprived of its noxious quality. When the dung is in a fit state to be made into a dry spot for a foundation, mark out the bed which should be four feet wide, and as long as you choose to make it. In mak- ing the bed, mix the dung well together, beating it down with the fork until eighteen or twenty inches thick. In this state it may remain until the tempera- ture is about 7i degrees. Divide the large cakes of spawn into small lumps, plant two inches below the surface, six inches apart, cover with two inches of fine, light soil and press down evenly and protect from heavy rains. The mushrooms will make their appearance in from four to six weeks, according to the season. After the bed has been spawn- ed, do not water unless quite dry; use lukewarm water only. Lb. 25c. OKRA or COMBO. The young, green seed-pods of this plant are used In soups, or stewed and served like asparagus. The young pods can also be dried for winter use. DWARF. Prolific, early, long-podded and produc- tive. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, H lb. 20c, lb. 60c. TALE. Height five feet. Plant in rows of three feet, and let two plants stand to the foot. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c. H lb. 20c, lb. 60c WHITE VELVET. It is very distinct in appear- ance, and unlike other varieties, the pods are not ridged, but are perfectly round and smooth, and of an attrac- tive whit
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