810 The Straivherry Seedling. [July, 



floated till he reached a higher portion of the sunken rock, where he was 

 just above water; there he held his precious trust in his hand, regard- 

 less of life itself if he might but rescue it from destruction. The 

 waters rose higher and higher, and it was more than an hour before the 

 boat could reach him. He was well nii^h faintiug from exhaustion, but 

 his hand, rigid and clenched, was siill held up above the waters ; and 

 neither peril of life nor force of weariness would lead him to relinquish 

 his grasp, and he carried it safely to the shore, and it was printed. 

 When good Bishop Hilsley got that first copy, he pressed it to his heart, 

 and said, " Lord now lettest Thou Thy servant dtpart in peace, for mine 

 eyes have seen Thy Salvation." The following Sunday, he preached 

 upon death, and on Monday he calmly fell asleep, for his work was done. 

 My Lord, the use I w^ould make of this touching fact in reference to the 

 Bible is, so let us do spiritually as he did physically. Let us hold up 

 God's blessed book above the swelling waters of innovation, infidelity, 

 Eomanism, anarchy, and convulsions of whatever kind. Let us hold up 

 the Bible. It will hold us up, it will float us through life's waters, and 

 land us in the haven of eternal blessedness. 



%\t ^trafeb^rrg ^i^iJling. 



BY " EMILE THE ELDER," PHILADELPHIA. 



The prolongation of the fruiting season of the Strawberry, is a " consumma- 

 tion devoutly to be wished;'' and if the statements made by ♦' Emile," in the 

 interesting article below be reliable, it seems that this result, so very desirable, 

 is about to be reached. And concerning those statements, the editor of The Ilor- 

 ticulturist, J. Ray Smith, in the June number of that excellent journal, whence we 

 take the article, says : — 



** The Seedling Strawberry, noticed in ' Emile ' the Elder's pleasant 

 story, we have cultivated for some years, from the stock of '* Aunt 

 Charlotte's " single seed. It i of the Alpine family, and all that Emile 

 says of it we can confirm." 



In the autumn of 1846, if memory serves me right, our clever " Aunt 

 Charlotte " was at Paris, with her two youngest daughters, and while 

 boarding at pleasant quarters in the great French capital (and capital 

 it surely is in the eating department), she was daily served with delight- 

 ful strawberries for dessert ; the advanced season, no less than the very 

 fine flavor of the fruit, made them a great luxury, and Aunt Charlotte 



