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Jan. 15, 



shows his garden to repeat that passage 

 in the Psalms 'Thy wife shall be as the 

 fruitful vine, and thy children as olive 

 branches around thy table.' I shall pro- 

 ceed to his catalogue, and he sent it for 

 my recommendation. 'Adam and Eve 

 in yew; Adam a little shattered by 

 the fall of the tree of knowledge in 

 the great storm; Eve and the serpent 

 very flourishing. The tower of Babel, 

 not yet finished. St. George in box; his 

 arms scarce long enough, but will be in 

 condition to stick the dragon by next 

 April. A green dragon of the same, with 

 a tail of ground ivy for the present. N.B. 

 These two not to be sold separately. 

 Edward the Black Prince in cypress. A 

 laurestinc bear in blossom, with a Juniper 

 hunter in berries. A pair of giants, 

 stunted, to be sold cheap. A (Jueen Eliz- 

 abeth in phylyraea, a little inclining to 

 the green-sickness, but full of growth. 

 An old maid of honor in wormwood. A 

 topping Ben Johnson in laurel. Divers 

 eminent modern poets in bays, somewhat 

 blighted, to be disposed of, a penny worth. 

 A quickset hog, shot up into a porcupine, 

 by its being forgot a week in rainy 

 weather. Noah's ark in holly, standing 

 on the mount; the ribs a little damaged 

 for want of water.' " 



It is hard to tell at this late day whether 

 this satire on the clipped monstrosities of 

 the time was the production of the 

 "Puritan Wag" or the author of the 

 Essay on Man. 



Lady Mary Wortley Montague, Thomas 

 Whately, Oliver Goldsmith and Horace 

 Walpole, also contribute to this interest- 

 ing work. 



MUSHROOM SPAWN. 



I have forwarded to you by express to- 

 dav a sample of natural mushroom spawn 

 which I got in an old manure pile, and as 

 I have got more than 100 pounds of it I 

 would be very glad if you would give me 

 your opinion of it. I have got quite a 

 large mushroom cellar and if you think 

 the sample is good for anything I would 

 like to use it along with some of the 

 brick spawn. Geo. C. Smith. 



Place no dependence whatever on the 

 natural spawn you have got until you 

 have tested it. You keep on using the 

 best quality of brick spawn for a crop, 

 and by way of a side issue you can try 

 some of your new find. If good it will 

 keep all right. 



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