1856.] ReflectionB hy a Resident of the Hill S'.de. 151 



sleeper, and some light and ornamental " spread " a-top, no more agreeable 

 nor more healthful wint:r coverings can be foand than such blankets, 

 with their soft tissue and porous texture, afford. 



And finally comes that profoundly philosopic suirgestion of our author, 

 that " capital invention .'" an " India rul^ber bed-spread I" — " light and 

 warm" — and '^deodorized,''* forsooth! Such a "capital invention" 

 might well serve the purpose of capital punishment ! And how long 

 would it remain " deodorized," while receiving and retaining the excre- 

 m-ent of the sldn, at the rate of an ounce per hour.? Let him who 

 knows something of the offeusive efiiuvium that will arise from the hands 

 of a person when wearing the " India rubber pruning gloves " give us 

 the answer ! 



It is, indeed, most obvious that the author of that remarkable para- 

 graph understood neither the philosophy of things, nor the physiology of 

 man ; and we call attention to it simply because we hold that such 

 heresies should not go unrebuked. 



For the Cincinnatus. 



gcfhttioiTS tg n ^£ si bent ai t\^t |jill ^ibc 



[The following " Reflections " are warmly vrelcomed as most appropriate, in 

 their tone and tenor, to the purposes of our pages. They indicate a mind in the 

 writer attuned to the harmonies of nature, and point out some of the exhaustles-s 

 Bources of delight which the quiet pursuits of agriculture and horticulture afford, 

 and which, as the writer truthfully remarks, " money can not buy." — Eds.] 



STRATfBERRIES. 



Much has been written about strawberries ; their qualities and man- 

 ner of cultivation. The subject may be considered rather hackneyed by 

 some, and by others that much more is still to be written. We confess 

 to a peculiar affection for the strawberry ; indeed, of all the fruits, great 

 or small, we cherish for this a singular idolization. It is our favorite. 

 In autumn we love to place the saw-dust or tan-bark around and about 

 the sui-face of the plants with our own hands. We like to see tliem 

 well clothed and prepared for the icy'fangs of winter ; as well, also, to 

 have them in a condition to resist the capricious affections of " Jack 

 Frost" in the early spring; at least to such an extent that their " fan- 

 tastic roots" may not be thrown too high. 



Tvro or three beds, and as many varieties, of this delicious fruit have 



