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were all duly planted, and when Summer came his 
‘‘orechard’”’ was a sight that delighted him. His trees 
did not bear the first year, as he was previously told they 
would not; but how they bloomed ! and what monstrous 
blossoms! was what cheered the farmer’s heart, and he 
felt convinced if the fruit of the next Summer was in 
any proportion to the size of the blooms of the present 
year, his fortune was complete, and fair Pomona had 
benignly smiled upon him. The swindle was of course 
afterwards discovered, and the farmer had no recourse to 
compensation of any kind. The pedlar certainly could 
not be found, and the nursery was absolutely blameless, 
as they sold the dealer the trees as Altheas, not knowing 
or caring what disposition he was going to make of them. 
The moral is, don’t buy from an irresponsible pedlar, for 
after he gets his money you can never find him any 
more, and if bought from a responsible nursery you 
always know where to find them, and can easily have 
any mistakes properly and suitably adjusted to your 
satisfaction. 
There is on the other hand a bona fide agent who occa- 
sionally travels in the interest of some reputable nur- 
sery ; he will sell you his goods at the regular catalogue 
price of his nursery without any exageration in the way 
of colored plates and all his goods will bear his nursery’s 
seal of correctness and accompanied with the usual 
guarantee of his house for their gunine quality. He will 
prove to you by the proper credentials that he represents 
a thoroughly responsible establishment, and if you are 
convinced you have a reliable agent and not a fraudu- 
lent-pedlar, a transaction with him will be as entirely 
safe as if you bought from the proprietor of his estab- 
lishment on his nursery’s grounds. The trouble is to de- 
tect between the spurious pedlars and the honorable 
