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change of colour, -which, indeed, generally in- 

 volves change of flavor. It sometimes happens, 

 too, that when several dishes of fruits are re- 

 quired on the table, there may be room for a 

 couple of dishes of gooseberries; how nice, then, 

 to have two kmds, decidedly distinct both in flavor 

 and in colour, and the latter of a decided charac- 

 ter. Thus, suppose a dish of the fine yellow 

 Rockwood's and a dish of the Green Gage, or, it 

 may be, the Red Champagne; which latter is, in- 

 deed equal, if not superior, to some grapes. 



LATE HANGING KINDS. 



1. Warrington; hairy red; known also as Aston 



Seedling. 



2. Pitmaston Green Gage; green; this is noted 



for shrivelling in the raisin character on the 

 tree. 



3. Taylor's Bright Venus; white; also a shriv- 



eller. 



4. Coe's Late Red ; accounted a good late berry. 



5. Champagne Red ; very rich, and of upright 



growth. 



6. Champagne Yellow ; very rich, and upright. 

 The above we can safely recommend for trellis 



purposes, or, indeed, for general culture, as des- 

 sert fruit. 



KINDS OF GENERAL UTILITY. 



7. Rockwood's Hairy yellow; early. 



8. Leigh's Rifleman; red hairy; rather late; 



great bearer. 



9. Green Walnut; green smooth; great bearer. 



10. Whites7nith (Woodward's;) white; good fla- 



vor. 



11. Keen's Seedling ; much like Warrington, and 



rather earlier. 



12. Roaring Lion; red smooth; great bearer. 



13. Glenton Green; a very good hairy green. 



14. Heart of Oak (Massey's;) green smooth; 



good bearer. 

 Now, we are perfectly aware that there are 

 many other good and useful kinds in the country; 

 these, however, we have grown — most of them 

 for years; they may, therefore, be relied on for 

 general use. It may be remarked, that they are 

 not exhibition berries; that is to say, not fit to 

 compete in point of mere size. We would recom- 

 mend particular regard being paid to Nos. 1, 4, 

 9, 11, 12, 14, as great bearers, and generally 

 adapted to kitchen use. Although No. 1 is al- 

 ways a good table fruit. No. 12 is particularly 

 adapted for early tarts or puddings ; we would 

 not, however, grow many bushes, as they soon 

 burst or decay. Perhaps of all the kinds known, 

 none are so generally useful as the Warrington. 

 We must here observe, that we had forgotten to 

 name the old Rumbullion, which is still the favor- 

 ite with many for bottling purposes — possessing 

 much fleshy pulp in proportion to the amount of 

 seeds, which appears to be the necessary qualifi- 

 cation with our clever housewives. Cottage Gar- 

 dener. 



God in the Flower. — All the difficulties which 

 I had ever heard infidels urge against Christianity 

 occurred to me with tenfold strength, until my 

 whole imagination was possessed with a fear that 

 nothing existed which was not cognizable by the 

 senses. I shuddered, and was agonized at the 

 thought, and struggled to cast it from me as the 

 most horrible of sins. Still it assailed me again 

 and again, and I was foolish enough to suffer my 

 mind to dwell upon such ideas, though I did not 

 willingly consent to them or embrace them, and 

 never ceased my ordinary devotional exerc'ses. I 

 strove, indeed, to pray, and with my w' I I did 

 pray; though it was with the utmost diifi(,aliy I 

 could realise the fact that I was speaking to such 

 a being as God. Long time my mind continued 

 to wander, and be agitated with storms of thought. 

 By and by, mechanically, I jjlucked a flower that 

 grew by my side, and looked intently at its struc- 

 ture, scarcely knowing what I was doing. I 

 pulled it to pieces, and examined its minute struc- 

 ture, and admired the exquisite beauty of its deli- 

 cate tints, and thought of the marvellous organi- 

 zation, by which it was brought to the perfect 

 state in which I saw it. Then, with the rapidity 

 of lightning, an overwhelming thought struck me, 

 and pierced me through and through. This flower, 

 I thought, is but one of millions and millions and 

 millions. And I strove to conceive of the multi- 

 tude of flowers and leaves which Ikneiv to exist in 

 this earth alone. Often and often as I had pon- 

 dered on the countless multhude of individual 

 plants and animals which exist, never before had 

 the fearfulness of that multitudinous quantity so 

 completely seized upon my mind. I looked up 

 wards into the branches of a vast oak, under 

 which I was sitting, and beheld its myriad leaves 

 sparkling in the sun, and waving beneath the 

 breeze. The boundless complication of the or- 

 ganization which was employed in the structure 

 of that single tree absolutely appalled me. It 

 came like an avenging power, and smote my in- 

 tellect to the earth. I positively trembled at the 

 contemplation of the wisdom, the skill, and the 

 power which was exerted by the Creator of those 

 gigantic boughs and innumerable leaves. Then 

 it seemed as if a voice said to me, " What greater 

 miracle than this is there in the faith thou art de- 

 spising and disbelievingi" In a moment the mad- 

 ness of my pretending to criticise a religion be- 

 cause its mysteries were unfathomable, struck me 

 with overwhelming force. There, before my eyes, 

 I saw that which baffled all ray utmost compre- 

 hension. What cannot He do, I thought, who 

 made this tree? Then there swept across my 

 brain a recollection of the truth, that this tree was 

 but one of such multitudes, that mortal mind can- 

 not even conceive their number ; and that the 

 Omnipotent agency which I saw at work in the 

 flower in my hand, was equally exerted through 

 the minutest details of every individual vegetable 

 in creation; and yet, that all these wonders were 



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