# The Garden Mushroom

THE
GARDEN MUSHROOM:
ITS
NATURE AND CULTIVATION.
A
TREATISE,
EXHIBITING
BY
JOHN ABERCROMBIE,
Author of Mawe's Gardner's Kalender.
LONDON,
Printed for LOCKYER DAVIS, in Holborn. MDCCLXXIX.
Price One Shilling and Six—pence.
CONTENTS.
* Of the Utility of the Garden Mushroom, and its Preference to the Field Sort.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9
* Nature, Mode of Growth, and Specific Distinction of the wholesome Species from the pernicious Kinds.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11
* Generation of the Plant,------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------13
* Of collecting the Spawn.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------16
* Of preparing Dung for the Bed.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------25
* Of forming the Mushroom Bed.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------28
* Spawning the Bed.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------36
* Spawning in the Dung.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------40
* Spawning on the Surface.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------45
* Spawning in the Earth.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------46
* General Culture of the Beds; and Produce.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------47
* Of gathering the Mushrooms.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------51
ADVERTISEMENT.
This plant is of so very singular a growth and temperature, that, unless a proper idea of its nature and habit is attained, and the pe​culiar methods and precautions pursued in the process of its propagation and culture, little success will ensue. The whole management of it remarkably differs from that of every other species of vegetable kingdom; and it is the most liable of any to fail, without a very strict observance and care in the different stages of its cultivation.
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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