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    The Country Series
    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_


[Illustration: MOUTH OF MUSHROOM-CAVE NEAR PARIS]

[Illustration: BOTTOM OF SHAFT OF MUSHROOM-CAVE]




    MUSHROOM 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 Mushroom Culture is
but little practised in this country compared to the extent to which it