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largely to the fact that they are trained to a life of labor from 

 infancy to manhood. The promise is not to those who teach, but 

 to those who " train up a child in the way he should go." To 

 many children a little garden of their own is a great incentive, 

 wherein can be grown the early melons always so delightful to 

 children. No fruit can be grown so quickly and in such surpris- 

 ing quantities as the melons. They are always enjoyable in the 

 warm days of summer, delicious for the table, excellent with the 

 lunch in the harvest field, and the center of attraction at the pic- 

 nic dinner ; and when company comes to the farm some of 

 Tommy's melons must surely crown the feast. Sometimes he has 

 the pleasure of sending a ripe melon to a city friend, and some- 

 times many to sell in the city market. We have known boys that 

 have purchased many a present for mother with the money made 

 from their melons. Other fruits are more lasting, but these are 

 the quickest incentive for boys of any fruit we have. Then the 

 strawberry bed has always great attractions for children, and may 

 also become a source of profit. Easpberries of many varieties, 

 cherries and grapes should all have a place in every fruit garden. 

 If to each child was given a tree or vine of that variety they pre- 

 ferred, their interest in fruit would be much greater, and in after 

 years, even down to old age, they would cherish happy memories 

 of their first little garden. 



The flowers are quite likely to be most attractive to the girls of 

 the farm, and their first lessons in horticulture should be the 

 flower bed in lawn or garden. Of all the beauties of the floral 

 world, we know of nothing so delightful to the children as the dear 

 old Morning Grlories, fresh every day, always ready to greet the 

 little ones when they wake in the morning ; they became the won- 

 der of one dear little girl, who would often ask, " Mamma, when 

 do the Morning Glories open ? They are always here when I get 

 up." To older eyes they are always charming, and bloom in such 

 profusion, they can be made to cover every unsightly place with 

 beauty. ISText to the Morning Glories, the Pansies please the chil- 

 dren most. Their bright faces always remind us of the eager 

 listening ones that gather daily in the school room ; as we study 

 their almost human expression, we think of the dear child who 



