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perennial tree of novelties. Owing then to this demand 
new things are yearly offered in both vegetables, fruits 
and flowers. Some has merit and some has none; the 
purchaser pays his money and takes—what’s given him ; 
perhaps he gets his money’s worth, and perhaps he don’t. 
One half the trade sells them because they make money 
by it, and the other half sells them so as not to be hinder- 
most in the progress of the day, and not offex the newest 
things catalogued by other houses, and because everybody 
wants them they all sell sell them, aud if people get 
‘‘bit’? a little sometimes they cannot hold themselves 
entirely blameless. It is always best to be moderate in 
our expectations and buy what we know from experience 
is good for our main crop, and a little of those we don’t 
know to test, if we feel experimentally inclined, and get 
them from a source that we know is reliable. This life- 
time is too short to have to wait many moons to find out 
what a certain seed will yield, or cultivate a tree for a - 
couple of seasons to find out what sort of fruit it will 
bring forth. For this reason then when people plant 
they should be careful what they plant, for grapes will 
not grow on thorns or figs on thistles. If you want Le 
Conte Pears you must plant.them, and you must get 
them from a reliable, well established house or firm that. 
you know where you can find them and go back 
on them for damages if all does not turn out satisfactory. 
Tf on the other hand you buy from the glib-tongued 
itinerant pedlar, you must bear your disappointment in 
silence, for you can never find him any more. The coun- 
try is too large and there are too many other peovle in 
other places who want to buy trees to make it necessary 
for him to pay you an annual visit. He represents no 
responsible house; he simply takes orders and gets them 
filled the cheapest he can; the nurseryman in order to give 
