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OF
FARM, GARDEN, AND RURAL BOOKS FOR GENERAL USE,
PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF
W. ROBINSON, F.L.S.,
Founder of “The Garden,” “Farm and Home,” and “Gardening Illustrated;”Horticultural Editor of “The Field;” Author of “The Parks and Gardens of Paris,”“Alpine Flowers for English Gardens,” “The Wild Garden,”“Hardy Flowers,” &c.
MUSHROOM CULTURE
ITS
EXTENSION AND IMPROVEMENT
MOUTH OF MUSHROOM-CAVE NEAR PARIS
BOTTOM OF SHAFT OF MUSHROOM-CAVEMUSHROOM CULTURE
ITS
EXTENSION AND IMPROVEMENT
BY
W. ROBINSON, F.L.S.
AUTHOR OF
“The Parks and Gardens of Paris,” “Alpine Flowers,” &c.
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS
NEW YORK
GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS
NO. 9 LAFAYETTE PLACE
LONDON, GLASGOW AND MANCHESTER
PREFACE.
My reasons for writing this book are: First, that MushroomCulture is but little practised in this country comparedto the extent to which it ought to be, consideringthe abundance of the necessary materials in all parts ofthese islands, both in town and country, and the highestimation in which the Mushroom is held. I now referto ordinary Mushroom Culture as practised in our bestprivate gardens. I believe it possible and desirable toextend this, the only phase of the Culture that can becalled popular, in a tenfold degree, and that every placein which a gardener and horses are kept should be abundantlysupplied with Mushrooms throughout the greaterpart of the year. Secondly, that although MushroomCulture as usually practised is perfectly well known togood cultivators, a simpler and fuller account of it thanhas yet appeared in any English book on the subject isdesirable for the unpractised amateur and cultivator.Thirdly, that Mushroom Culture is at present confinedto a too narrow groove; and a belief that the