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offer his neighbor the same privilege when 

 enjoying the hospitality of his home ? Who 

 wants to climb a flight of stairs and to gaze 

 from a bedroom window in order to get a 

 grand view, when the same might be ob- 

 tained from the first floor from the windows 

 of the parlor, the librar}', the living room, 

 where the whole family and visitors gather 

 so many hours of the day ? 



If subscriber has sufficient land so he can 

 aff"ord to take seven acres for a lawn, putting 

 his fruit trees in the background where they 

 will not obstruct his view, he will be plan- 

 ning for great beauty and happiness in the 

 future. He will secure for himself and 

 family a restful breathing spot that will in- 

 tensify the love for home. A lawn of that 

 size is not difficult to care for ; going over 

 it three times a season with a scythe is suffi- 

 cient to keep it in shape for walking over it. 

 The more frequent portions could have a 

 lawn mow'er run over them, leaving the cut 

 grass on the ground for a mulch. A few 

 years will give a turf so thick that constant 

 running over it would make no impression. 



Let me assure subscriber that he will 

 never tire of his grand view, for he will 

 never see it twice in exactly the same way. 



The conditions in Canada are no doubt 

 similar to those in Minnesota, and a scene 

 that is grand in summer, borders on the 

 sublime in winter, when seen in the peace- 

 ful purity of perfect rest only possible in 

 regions of heavy snow. 



The impressions of early childhood (the 

 writer lived in Canada in those days "just 

 over the line ") are imbedded deeply in 

 memory, almost as much so as Mother 

 Earth herself is in the snows of winter. 



Set out a few trees in an irregular group 

 of five to seven, near the house — say the 

 nearest about thirty feet from it, that will 

 reliev^e the too great prominence of the 

 house. 



Then trim the trees as they grow so they 

 will not interfere with views from the house. 

 The bodies of the trees will form living 

 frames for the beautiful pictures furnished 

 by grand old nature. With evergreens and 

 the hardy flowering shrubs, the prosy part 

 of the home grounds — kitchen garden, barn 

 and clothes reel may be made so many ad- 

 juncts to a harmonious whole. 

 Yours truly, 



Anna B. Underwood. 



Lake City, Minn. 



Success and Failure. — During the au- 

 tumn of 1899, there were sent forward from 

 Grimsby to Great Britain in cold storage, 

 for experiment, 127 cases of peaches, 3746 

 cases ot pears, 1456 cases of apples, and 

 82 cases of quinces. Of the peaches, one 

 lot of 28 cases sold at $2.46 each ; another 

 of 30 cases sold for $2.99 ; good prices 

 surely for about half a bushel of fruit ! 

 Pears also have done well in every case in 

 which they have arrived in good condition. 



In one instance 145 cases of Bartletts (less 

 than half a bushel each) were sold in Man- 

 chester, for $1.97 each, and netted in Grimsby 

 $ 1 . 54 per case. Another successful instance 

 was a shipment of 242 cases of Duchess 

 pears sent forward by A. H. Pettit & Sons, 

 which were sold at Si. 97 in London, and 

 netted $1.40 in Grimsby. Our readers will 

 find Mr. Robertson's full report in the Re- 

 port of our Association for 1899, which is 

 being sent out. 



