Show i l f J t 11 f CE OF f G GROWING MUSHROOMS S Plant Pant E Easily ily B From From Bed Bed BedI I of of Mortar The explanation ef of lH catastrophe dei deputed ted In the accompanying picture Is j ery simple sample A small piece of spawn mu must t have got somehow Into the soil Oll i In ill r which the plant wan wais wai p pot pot- tte t- t te ted The The conditions b being i fortuitous us to to growth the spawn made the most Pf of f them and In the mushroom mush room room stage ultimately evicted the rightful to tenant ant of the p pot t. t A cu curious iOU Instance nce o o othe the wonderful l for force e exerted exert exert- ed by by- growing by-growing vegetation Is related In Inthe inthe the the- Gardeners Gardeners' Magazine Magazin This ThiS' force see seems s all the l e remarkable when when exe exerted ted by light and unsubstantial unsubstantial pau mushrooms j but not appear appear to Lo I I I I I Ile k J C 2 t V 5 i ot 1 u r J 1 b T. T Turned n dOut Out extraordinary when caused ca caused sed by the expansion expansion ex- ex expansion ex- ex of ot a hardwood hardwood tree A few few few- weeks ag ago ago some som hardy haIr anni annuals ls were sown Jn ln a frame fram just cleared ofa of bf ofa a winter crop crop in In the gardens of Ke Kelsey Kelsey Kel- Kel sey park parl J Beckenham England a and d the lights closed to hasten haste i- i germina germina- tion Some days afterwards signs of cracking were observed In the brickwork brickwork brick brick- work and gradually a block weighing in the aggregate 1 cwt was wa pushed out of position After Arter cutting out several several sev sev- eral bricks a mass of ot mushrooms ome was was' found 3 pounds 3 ounces in w weight Ight growing in the center ceriter of the wall The mycelium had run freely ill iti the mortar mortar mortar mor mor- tar and on the inner inper face of ot the bricks |