INDEX.
- Ammonia Arising, 54
- Anguillulæ, 124
- Apparatus, Hot Water, 33
- Atmosphere, Manure Steam for Moistening, 114
- Remedying a too Dry, 114
- Barn Cellars, 10
- Bedding, Wetted with Urine, 58
- Beds, 16
- Alongside of Wall, 18
- Banked Against a Wall, 53
- Bearing in November, 25
- Black Spot in the, 108
- Boring Holes in, to Reduce Temperature, 76
- Bottom of, 17
- Box, 17
- Casing, after Spawning, 100
- Casing the, 104
- Earthing Over the, 103
- Experiments as to Proper Time to Case, 104
- Fifteen Inches Thick, 22
- Firmly Built, 76
- Flat, 50
- Flat, Sods fit only for, 107
- Floor, 19
- Flooring for the, 28
- Green Sods, Method of Casing, 106
- Killing the Mycelium in, 96
- Loam for, 100
- Manure, 20
- Maximum Heat of Best, 75
- Midwinter, 39
- Mulching, 23
- Mushroom, 12
- Never Spawn, when Heat is Rising, 96
- Odorless, in Dwelling House Cellars, 21
- Of Low Temperature, 77
- On the Floor, 13
- Outside, 12
- Parching Effect Visible on, 26
- Picking "Fogged-off" Mushrooms from, 108
- Rack, 13
- Re-Invigorating Old, 120
- Renovating Old, in England, 142
- Ridge, 17
- Second Crop from, 120
- Shelf, 16, 29
- Spawned at 66° to 70°, 97
- Spawning and Molding, 14
- Spawning the, 96
- Spent Mushroom, 121
- Stale, 76
- Tamping Surface of, 23
- Temperature of a Twelve Inch Thick Bed, 96
- Ten or Twelve Inches Deep, 19
- Tending the, 17
- Three Feet Deep, 25
- To Keep, Warm, 109
- Topdressed, 23
- Under Greenhouse Benches, To make, 53
- Watering, 24
- Watering the, 108
- Watering Mushroom, 111
- When Dry to be Watered, 111
- Wide, With Pathway Above,* 44
- Worn Out, 120
- Beetles, Larvæ of Two, Destroying Mycelium, 132
- Benches Covered, 40
- Black Spot, 124
- Boards, Stepping, 17
- Boiler and Pipes, 32
- Boilers, Hitching's Base-burner, 31
- Boxing, 19
- "Bullet" or "Shot" Holes in Mushrooms, 128
- Bugs, Mealy, 12
- Calico, 18
- Caves, 17
- Caves of Paris, In the,* 147
- Paris, Description of, 143
- French Spawn Used in, 146
- Gathering Mushrooms for Market in the, 149
- Making Beds in the, 145
- Manure Used in the, 144
- Material Used for and Method of Earthing Over in, 146
- Methods of Regulating Draughts in the, 150
- Preparation of Manure for the, 144
- Paris, Spawn Used in the, and How Obtained, 145
- Stratifying Spawn Before Using in the, 146
- Temperature in Spacious, High Roofed, 147
- Ventilation in the, 148
- When and How Mushrooms are Gathered in the, 148
- Ceiling, Flat, 37
- Cellar, Barn, 13
- Cleanliness in the Mushroom, 26
- Cool, 19
- Cross-section of the Dosoris Mushroom,* 27
- Dosoris Mushroom, 27
- Divided, 30
- Ground Plan of the Dosoris,* 28
- Height of, 17
- House, 13
- Interior Arrangements of, 16
- Mushroom, Under a Barn,* 16
- Of Dwelling House, 18
- Ordinary, 21
- Outhouse, 18
- Pent-up, 17
- Unheated, 17
- Vegetable, 12
- Warm, 19
- Wholly Devoted to Mushroom Growing, 15
- Cellars, 10
- Cistern, Large Underground, 18
- Coal, Nut and Stove, 33
- Cold and Vermin, 19
- Cooking Mushrooms, 150
- Crop, Common Average, 30
- Crops, Capital, 17
- Cut Flower Season, 11
- Dirt, Roadside, 101
- Doors, Double, 16
- Drip, Cold, Falling upon Beds, 36
- Dust and Noxious Gas, 17
- Entrance, 16
- Entrance Pits, 30
- Economy, False, 37
- Families, Private, 18
- Farmers, 13
- Flies, Manure, 126
- Fire, Danger of, 33
- Flock, 132
- Floor, A Dry, Necessary, 47
- Flooring, 29
- Fogging Off, 106, 131
- Florists, 11
- Florists' Greenhouses, 10
- Frame, Boxed-up with Straw Covering,* 19
- Frost, Hoar, 35
- To Exclude, 40
- Fruit Room, 12
- Furnace, Boxed off, 17
- Gardens, Private, 37
- Grapery, Beds and Frames Inside the, 13
- Greenhouse Bench, Boxed Mushroom Bed Under,* 41
- Greenhouse Benches, Among Other Plants on, 48
- Greenhouse Benches, On, 42
- Greenhouse Benches, Under, 47
- Greenhouses, Beds in Open, Airy, 53
- Growers, Parisian, 60
- Heat, Artificial not Absolutely Necessary, 17
- Heater, Base-burning Water,* 32
- Vertical Section,* 32
- Heating Apparatus, 28
- Hoe, Angular-pointed, 23
- Hops, Spent, 68
- Spent, Cost Nothing, 69
- Horses, Those who Keep, 13
- Hotbed Frames, 44
- House, A Mushroom, 34
- Houses, Fruit-forcing, 12
- Insecticide, Common Salt as an, 113
- Leaves, Condition of, to Heat, 68
- Lettuce House, Moisture of, 10
- Lice, Wood, 129
- Loam and Manure, 11
- Loam, Coating, 20
- Lot, Village or Suburban, 13
- Manure, 13
- Baled, 64
- Cellar, 62
- City Stable, 63
- Common Horse, 21
- Cow, 65
- Cow, Necessary in Manufacture of Spawn, 66
- Drying by Exposure, 71
- Fermenting Fresh Horse, 24
- "Fire-fanged," 62
- Firmly Packed, 70
- Flies, 124, 126
- Fresh, 12
- Fresher the Better, 58
- From City Stables, 26
- German Peat Moss Stable, 66
- Handling, 35
- Homemade, 60
- Horse, 57
- Hog, Mycelium Evades, 63
- Liquid, 113
- Liquid, Cow and Sheep, 113
- Of Entire Horses, 60
- Of Horses fed with Carrots, 61
- Of Mules, 62
- Preparation of the, 69
- Preserve the Wet and Strawy Part, 60
- Proper Condition of, 72
- Sawdust Stable, 66
- Selected, 63
- Steaming Hot, 24
- The Best, 57
- To Prevent "fire-fang" in, 70
- Turning the, 14, 71
- Warm, 13
- Well-rotted, 14
- Without Preparatory Treatment, 22
- Market, A Good, 25
- Markets, Brooklyn, 26
- In Winter, 10
- Materials, Exhausted, 16
- Method, Mr. Denton's, 25
- Methods, Avoiding Complicated, 21
- Mice and Rats, 130
- Mice, How they Disfigure Mushrooms, 130
- Mites not a Mushroom Pest, 130
- Moisture, Condensation of, 46
- Mold on Beds, How Deep to Put, 105
- Money, Pin- 14
- Mushroom, A Perfect,* 116
- Affected with Black Spot,* 125
- Bed Built Flat on the Ground,* 52
- Bed Five Feet Wide, Profit from, 12
- Bed, Rigid,* 53
- Beds, 11
- Beds in England, How made, 137
- Beds, Making up the, 74
- Beds, Manure-fatted Loam in, 26
- Beds, Manure for, 57
- Beds, Mr. Wilson's,* 51
- Beds on Greenhouse Benches, Objection to, 42
- Beds, Sites for Around London, 137
- Cellar, Perspective View of the Dosoris,* 58
- Crop, 13
- Flock-Diseased,* 133
- Food, 24
- Growing in the Paris Caves, 143
- Growing Out of Doors a Specialty, 136
- Growing, Profit of, Around London, 136
- Growing, Success in, 12
- House, A Regular, 12
- House, Best Kind of, 11
- House, Cellar Everybody's, 15
- House, Damping Floors of, 115
- Houses, Cleaning the, 135
- Houses, Growing Mushrooms in, 34
- Houses, Ideal, 15
- Houses, Whitewashing, 135
- Season Closed, 31
- Spawn, 78
- The "Horse," 48
- A Winter Crop, 14
- Advantages of Pulling over Cutting, 117
- After a Dry Summer, 55
- And Grapevines, 13
- Black Spot in, 124
- Cause of Black Spot in, 124
- English, 115
- Filling Stump Holes with Fresh Loam, 117
- Five Inch Diameter before Expanding, 47
- For Family Use, 13
- For Soups, When to Pick, 116
- Fresh, 12
- From Natural Spawn, 48
- From October Until May, 30
- Gathering and Marketing, 115
- Gathering Field and Wild, 118
- Gathering in Cold Weather, 140
- Good, 19
- Growing in Cellars, 15
- Growing in Fields, 54
- Growing, in Narrow Troughs, 59
- Growing in Ridges Around London, 136
- Growing in Sawdust, 67
- Grown on Greenhouse Benches,* 43
- Growth of from Spawning under Different Temperatures, 110
- Head Room, 19
- Importance of Care in Gathering and Packing for Shipment, 119
- In August and September, 56
- In Crates and Baskets, 118
- In the Fields, Plan of Growing, 55
- Insect and Other Enemies of, 122
- Knack in Pulling, 117
- Maggots in, 122, 124
- "Maggots" in, appear in April, 123
- Maggots, Size of, in, 123
- Marketed in Paper Boxes, 118
- Marketing, 118
- Not a Bulky Crop, 11
- On Greenhouse Bench Under Tomatoes, 45
- Packed in Punnets for London Market, 119
- Picking so as not to Disturb Buttons, 117
- "Pin-Head," 107
- Profit on, Clear Gain, 51
- Proper Manner of Picking, 116
- Pulled, Keeping Qualities of, 117
- Scooping Out the Stumps, 117
- Sold by the Pound, 118
- Sorting and Packing for Market, in England, 141
- Summer Crops of, 123
- Under the Benches, 11
- When Fit to Pick, 115
- Who Should Grow, 9
- Wild, 55
- Mulching, When to Remove, 42
- Mycelium, Liquid to Encourage Spread of, 77
- Odor, Bad, 20
- Outbuildings, 12
- Paper, Building, 52
- Oiled, 18
- Passage-ways, 18
- Pathways, 16
- Peat Moss, Bale of German, 66
- Pipes, Heating, 17
- Private Gardeners, 12
- Rats, More Destructive than Mice, 131
- Recipes for Cooking and Preserving Mushrooms, 150
- A la Casse, Tout, 157
- A la Crême, 154
- Baked, 152, 156
- Broiled, 154, 156
- Broiled Beefsteak and, 158
- Cooked, General Directions for Serving, 152
- Cooking, 150
- Cooking, General Preparation of, for, 151
- Curried, 154
- Dried, 160
- Gilbert's Breakfast, 156
- Ketchup, 160, 161, 162
- Kind of, to Select for, 150
- Pickled, 162
- Potted, 155
- Powder, 159
- Soup, 154
- Soyer's Breakfast, 153
- Stems, 155
- Stewed, 153, 157
- To Dry, 159
- To Preserve, 158
- Ridges, 17
- Roof, 35
- Roofs water-tight, 39
- 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
- Sheds, Growing Mushrooms in, 39
- Unheated, 40
- Shelves, Temporary Structures, 25
- Shutters, Light Wooden, 53
- Slugs, 127
- Soil, Conditions of 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
- Thrips, 12
- Toads, 131
- Toadstools, 102
- Trapping Rats and Mice, 131
- Traps for Wood Lice, 129
- Tunnel, Subterranean, 27
- Ventilation, Assisting, 17
- Ventilator, Chimney-like, 22
- Ventilators, 16, 28
- 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
- Wife, Farmer's, 14
- Windows, 16
- Winds, Piercing, and Draughts, 39
- Women Searching for Remunerative Employment, 14
- Wood Lice, 129
- Work, Clean, 14