ivation of mushrooms. Florists need the loam and manure anyway, and these are just as good for potting purposes--better for young stock--after having been used in the mushroom beds than they were before, so that the additional expense in connection with the crop is the labor in making the beds and the price of the spawn. Mushrooms are not a bulky crop; they require no space or care in summer, are easily grown, handled, and marketed, and there is always a demand for them at a good price. If the crop turns out well it is nearly all profit; if it is a complete failure very little is lost, and it must be a bad failure that will not yield enough to pay for its cost. Why should the florist confine himself to one crop at a time in the greenhouse when he may equally well have two crops in it at the same time, and both of them profitable? He can have his roses on the benches and mushrooms under the benches, and neither interferes with the other. Let us take a very low estimate: In a greenhouse a hundred feet long make
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Dry, 159
To Preserve, 158
Ridges, 17
Casing the, 139
Covering the, 140
Covering with Litter, 139
Drenching Rains Injurious to, 139
First made in August, 140
For Growing Mushrooms in Open Field, 138
Method of Gathering Mushrooms from, 141
Smoothing the, 139
The Covered,* 140
Watering the, 139
Roof, 35
Roofs water-tight, 39
Of Tin, 38
With Coating of Salt Hay, 38
Salad Plants, 10
Sashes, 46
Secret, No, 14
Shading on Sunny Days, 42
Shaft, Chimney-like, 16
Shaft, Tall, Wooden, 28
Shed, Open on South Side, 39
Potting, 12
Warm Potting, 40
The Term Applied, 40
Tool, 12
Wood, 12
Sheds, Growing Mushrooms in, 39
Unheated, 40
Shelves, Temporary Structures, 25
Shutters, Light Wooden, 53
Slugs, 127
Attack Mushrooms in all Stages, 127
Biting into Stems of Mushrooms, 127
Fond of Mushrooms, 127
How to Catch and Kill, 128
Salt Distasteful to, 128
The Cause of "Bullet" or "Shot" Holes, 128
Soil, Conditions of for Casing, 105
Firming the, 106
From Slopes and Dry Hollows in Woods, 101
Ordinary Garden, 101
Peat, or Swamp Muck, 101
Sandy, 101
Sifting, for Casing, 105
Southern States, 10
Spawn, 13
American-made, 86
Amount of Imported, 80
Another Method by Lachaume, 94
Black Colored to be Avoided, 86
Breaking, 23
Brick,* 80
Brick, Cut in Pieces for Planting,* 97
Brick, How to Make, 87
Brick, the Best, 95
Depth to Plant, 98
Effect of Heat and Moisture Upon, 83
Effect of Severe Frost Upon, 83
English, 81
English Brick, 23
Flake, 82, 99
Flake, Does Best under Cover, 95
Flake or French,* 82
French, 82
French Flake, 24
Homemade Around London, 137
How to Distinguish Good from Poor, 84
How to Get, 79
How to Keep, 83
How to make French (Flake), 91
Imported from Europe, 79
In Leaf Beds, 68
In Manure, Do not Bury, 10
Inserting French or Flake, 98
Inserting more than Three Inches Deep, 105
Insuring Development of, 49
Lachaume's Method of Making, 93
Making, Distinct Branch, 87
Making French Virgin, 92
Mill-track, 81
Mr. J. Burton's Method of Making, 90
Natural, 81
New Versus Old, 83
Never use Dibber in Planting, 98
Other Recipes for Making, 89
Planting of in Open Fields, 54
Preparing the, 97
Principal American Growers of, 86
Relative Merits of Flake and Brick, 94
Signs of Sterility in, 85
Simplest Way of Making, 88
Steeped, 99
The Way in which it Comes, 81
To tell Quality by Smell of, 85
Transplanting Pieces of Working, 99
"Very Dead," 84
"Very Living," 84
Virgin, 82, 91
What is Mushroom, 78
Where Obtained, 79
Spiders, Red, 12
Spores, Myriads of, 78
Spurious Fungi, 102
Stable, Empty Stall in Horse, 13
Staging, Erecting Temporary, 46
Stairway, 16
In Pit, 32
Standard Crop, 9
Stoke-hole, 12
Stove, Common Iron, 26
Straw, Rye, 47
Sunlight, Protection from, 10
Temperature, 10
At Night, 41
About 57Β° Suitable, 23
Fluctuations of, 15
From 50Β° to 60Β°, 18
High, 19
In Dosoris Cellars, 109
In Midwinter, 33
Low, 15
Proper, 75, 109
Sudden Changes to be Avoided, 47
Too High, Guard Against, 76
Winter, 60Β° Necessary, 38
Thrips, 12
Toads, 131
Not to be Recommended, 131
Upheaving Clumps of Mushrooms, 131
Toadstools, 102
On Hotbeds, 102
On Manure Piles, 102
Trapping Rats and Mice, 131
Traps for Wood Lice, 129
Tunnel, Subterranean, 27
Ventilation, Assisting, 17
Ventilator, Chimney-like, 22
Ventilators, 16, 28
Side Window, 35
Window and Doors, 21
Village People and Suburban Residents, 13
Wall, Cold, not Injurious, 30
Walls, 35
Warmth, Artificial, 17
Steady, 17
Water, Manure, for Beds in Full Bearing, 112
Space and Double Casing, 32
Watering, Endeavor to Lessen Necessity of, 111
For, use Clean, Soft Water, 111
Over Mulching, 111
Pot, Size to use, 112
Wife, Farmer's, 14
Windows, 16
Winds, Piercing, and Draughts, 39
Women Searching for Remunerative Employment, 14
Wood Lice, 129
Abundant in Mushroom Houses, 129
Eating Potato, 129
How to Trap, 129
Work, Clean, 14
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