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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (July 31, 1915)
Mushrooms. Mushrooms constitute one of the greatest flavoring vegetables known to the scientific cusisinier. It is the fruit of one of the lowest of the great series of flowerless plants tf the classified order Fungi, and not he plant itself as is so commonly eup posed. The plant in its beginning is a net work of white threads, which are called Mycelium of fungi or spawn and it is from the joints of these threads the mushroom develops. They possess a delicate flavor and one eagerly sought for, yet their nu trient value is slight. Mushrooms are quick in growth and rapid in decay, therefor? they U'O only suitable for fo id when fresh and crisp. They are best from October to May, yet in some sections they can be had any time during the year. An edible mushroom can be easily distinguished from a poisonous fungi by certain characteristics With the exercise of a little common sense there is no danger of mistaking the edible variety for those that are poi sonous. A true mushroom grows only in pas tures, never in wet, boggy places and never about stumps or tr-1'.? All toadstools, technic illy speaking, are mushrooms, but all mushrooms are not toadstools. The difference between a toadstool and a true mushroom is soon appar ent when you attempt t? remove ihe skin. You can’t skin a toadstool -it will break off in small fragments. The covering of a true mushroo i on the contrary, can be removed without the slightest difficulty. Make it a rule not to touch or use a mushroom whose lower gills are white. If still in doubt use the onion test. Take half an onion stripped of its outer skin and boil it with the mushrooms, if the color of the onion is changed and it becomes bluish or tinged with black it is an evident sign that the poisonous fungi are present. If the onion preserves its color there is no danger. How to Prepare for Cooking. Obtain freshly gathered mushrooms, sort out the buttons, saving them for garnitures and sauces. The large, open ones are most suitable for broil ing, stuffing, baking, etc. Trim off the stems, peel the caps, thoroughly wash them in cold water, to which has been added the juice of a lemon. Drain them on a clean towel and they are ready for use as needed. The stems after being washed can be chopped and used in stuffing and sauces. A PROSPEROUS SAVINGS BANK. Norfolk, Va., July 28.—The Brown Savings hank of Norfolk is in a very health> condition. E. C. Brown is the president and William M. Rich, cash ier. Starting six years ago, its total assets in 1909 of $10,434, has increased to $67,827.09 in 1914, which is being added to from twenty to thirty thou-1 Band each year. Tlie Christmas Sav ing club feature is very popular. In 1914 the bank paid to the depositors in this club the sum of $23,000. At the rate the members of the club are now making weekly deposits the outlook is favorable for the return of $100,000 the forthcoming Christmas week to the fortunate depositors. ---- — Francis Scott Key Rose, Named After the Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”—The Flowers Are Usually Large and Double. IN THE HOME GROUNDS By EBEN £. REXFORD. This month will be a busy one for the gardener. There will be plants to put out. weeds to pull, insects to kill —quite enough to keep one at work most of the time. I do my transplanting on cloudy days, if possible, but if the weather persists in being sunshiny, I do the work after sundown. Before lifting a seedling, I apply enough water to thoroughly saturate the soil in which it is growing. If this is done, the young plant can be moved without ex posure to the roots, and it will receive no check whatever, but will keep on growing as if nothing had happened to it. But allow its tender, delicate roots to be exposed to air for ever so little a time and you run a serious risk of losing your plant. If this does not happen, it will re ceive a check from which it will take a long time to recover. One cannot be too careful with any thing as delicate a3 a seedling plant. In bright weather newly transplanted seedlings will require shading for a day or two. I cut out a circle of coarse brown paper, about a foot across, make a slit to the center on one side of it, and fold the paper over two or three inches, running a wire out and in through the folded part. This wiro serves to hold the paper to gether and acts as a support for the little brown paper umbrella. It should be at least twelve inches long—long enough to insert in the ground close to the seedling, and hold the paper cone well above the plant it is designed to protect. This kind of a covering keeps the sun away from the plant, but does not interfere with free circulation of air about it. What kind of a support are you go ing to give your gladioli? Tying their stalks to sticks gives them sucli a stiff and prim appearance that I always feel sorry for the poor plants. A stick in the center of a clump does not furnish a really satisfactory support to the stalks on the outside of it, and a hoop supported on sticks is open to the objection of being only a little better than nothing. Here is my plan—and one that works well, and can be easily carried out. I take a strip of coarse mesh wire netting of the size of the bed containing the gladioli and stretch it over the plants before they begin to send up their flower stalks. I support It on stout stakes that project about eighteen inches above the surface of the soil, using enough of them to keep the netting level all over the bed. This is the season for making war fare on the enemies of the rose. If one would have fine flowers he must make up his mind that he’s got to fight for them, I use an emulsion of soap and kerosene. ft is very necessary that tho appli cation should get to the under side of the leaves and the inside of the bushes, where the insects are likely to hide away; therefore it will be well to have someone assist by bending the bushes over and holding them in that position while the application is being made. Worms, slugs, green lice and the rose-chafer can be kept from injuring the bushes if the emulsion is applied thoroughly and frequently. As soon as my lilacs are pa3t the flowering periods, I go over tne bushes and cut away all the seed clusters. The result is—I get a fairly good crop of flowers on what is generally consid ered the "off year” of this excellent old shrub. If it is allowed to develop seed, it generally has few flowers ex cept on alternate years. Speaking of lilacs reminds me to say, that I do not indorse what some people say about this plant being a nuisance because of its habit of send ing up so many suckers from its roots. That it Is prolific In this respect 1 admit, but there is no good reason for allowing them to grow until you have a thicket of bushes. Give your hoe blade the sharpness of a knife by filing it to a keen edge, and go over the ground about your lilacs at the sprout ing season, and shave off every sprout that shows its he: d above the grass You can do this just as easily and rap idly as you can cut off so many weeds, and by doing it you can keep your lilacs from spreading all over the yard. These bushes aro nuisances only when allowed to have their own way Give them the attention they nee.*1 and they are easily kept under con trol. The secret of success consists in not letting them get the start ol you. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING WANTED—By Mr. Arthur Campbell, 3323 Emmett street, some reliable man and wife, or some good, respect able widow, to keep house for him and his son. Phone Webster 3777. WANTED—An absolutely reliable colored tenant for a good ten-room house; modern except heat. W. H. Russell, 631 Brandeis Theater. WANTED—Correspondents and sub scription solicitors for The Monitor in Nebraska cities and towns. FOR SALE OR RENT. Possession Monday. Rent will be applied on purchase price if you buy later. Six-room house near Sherman Ave. and Lake St. Another 6-room, 27tli near Davenport. Both have city water and electric light; first has gas in kitchen, new paint and paper; $14 to $17. Also a 3-room and 4 lots for trucking and poultry, $7.50. CHAS. E. WILLIAMSON CO. Paxton Block, Omaha, Neb. Douglas 2107. FOR RENT—Nice 5-room cottage, newly papered and painted; modem except furnace; $16.50 a month; 2016 Clark St. Western Real Estate Co. Phone Douglas 3607. FOR RENT—Cottage, five rooms and bath, 2718 North 28th Ave. $16.00 a month. FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT. Mrs. L. M. Bentley-Webster, first class modern furnished rooms, 1702 S. 26th St. Phone Webster 4769. Nicely furnished rooms, $1.50 and up per week. Mrs. Hayes, 1823 No. 23rd St. Webster 5639. CORSETS made to measure, $3.50 and up. Mrs. Hayes, 1823 No. 23rd St. HAIR GOODS, all kinds. Fine line : traightening combs. Mrs. Hayes, 1823 No. 23rd St. Six-room house, $12.50; 1434 So. 16th St. H. A. Wolfe, 512 Ware Blk. 'HOES made like new with our rapid shoe repair methods, one-fifth the cost. Sold uncalled-for shoes. We have a selection; all sizes, all prices. Men’s half soles.75c Ladies* half soles.50c FRIEDMAN BROS. 211 South 11th St., Omaha. No. 9 South Main St., Council Bluffs. Your account is solicited in our checking and savings department Interest paid on savings City National Bank 16th and Harney Streets