Beds will continue to produce for several weeks if properly cared for. As soon as they cease bearing remove them, clean up, white-wash, coal-oil every inch of wood, salt the floor, and be ready to try again. After the amateur has his or her hand in, the bed area can be largely increased by building rough berths, one above the other, in which beds can be made. An important bit of advice is: Start in a small way. Do not expend any more money than you can afford to lose.
Transcriber’s Note
This is a complex text, with a great deal of structure, which occasionally lapses. In general, the text is given as printed, except that minor lapses of the conventional punctuation have been silently corrected. Where the author’s intent is unclear, the notes collected here will indicate the resolution, if any.
The text proved difficult to outline, with different sections adopting various schemes. The only class contained here is FUNGI.
In each Genus section, the 'Analysis of the Tribes' tabulation indicates one or more subsections to follow, keyed by one or more asterisks. Frequently, these references have no corresponding subsection. In general, this scheme is unreliable.
On p. [34], the outline entry ‘B. Pileus Viscid. Neither Scaly nor Warty’ almost certainly refers to the incorrectly lettered and titled section on p. [49], ‘A. Cuticle Viscid. Neither Scaly nor Warty.’. The [‘cuticle’] is an attribute of the ‘pileus’.
As examples, on p. [133], there are no asterisks on the references to the Collybarii or Mycenarii, but one asterisk appears in the subsection Collybarii directly below. On the other hand, there is no matching subheading for Mycenarii.
On p. [271], the reference '* Ægeritini. P. ægerita, the type of the section,' in the Table of the Tribes has no matching section.
There are number of issues associated with the many illustrations.