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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



MORNING GLORIES. 



BY FRANCIS D. GAGE. 



They said, " don't plant them, mother, they're so 



common and so poor," 

 But of seeds I had no other, so I dropped them by 



the door ; 

 And they soon were brightly growing in the rich and 



teeming soil. 

 Stretching upward, upward, upward, to reward me 



for my toil. 



They grew all o'er the casement, and they wreathed 



around the door, 

 All about the chamber windows, upward, upward, 



evermore ; 

 And each dawn, in glowing beauty, glistening; in the 



early dew, 

 Is the house all wreathed in splendor, every morning 



bright and new. 



What if they close at midday, 'tis because their work 



is done. 

 And they shut their crimson petals from the kisses of 



the sun, 

 Teaching every day their lesson to my weary, panting 



soul, 

 To be faithful in well-doing, stretching upward for 



the goal. 



Sending out the climbing tendrils, trusting God for 



strength and power. 

 To support, and aid and comfort, in the trying day 



and hour. 

 Never spurn the thing that's common, nor call these 



home flowers poor. 

 For each hath a holy mission, like my Glory o'er the 



door.— Selected. 



DOMESTIC RECIPES. 



Fly Poison.— Boil one-quarter of an 

 ounce of small chips of quassia in one 

 pint of water ; add four ounces of mo- 

 lasses. Flies like it, and it will destroy 

 them. 



Bretrogt Pickles — Simmer the root, 

 till about one-third cooked (from one and 

 a half to two and a half hours) ; take out 

 and peel, and cut in thin slices. Place 

 in again, and pour on sufficient cold spiced 

 vinegar, made as above, to cover them. 



Chloride of Limb, when used as a dis- 

 infectant aboTit the rooms of a house, 

 should be dissolved in water— one pound 

 to three gallons of water. Sprinkle on 

 the floor or bed-clothes, as it will not 

 color. Infected clothing should be dip- 

 ped in it. 



Pickled Onions.— Let the onions lie in 

 strong salt and water for two weeks, take 

 out and peel ; put in a fresh batch of salt 

 and water for two weeks longer ; then 

 wash clean and let lie in fresh water over 



night. Next day drain them well, put in 

 a jar and pour over the lot spiced vinegar. 

 White vinegar gives them the nicest 

 color. 



Bean Pickles. — One of the most deli- 

 cious pickles one can have at this time of 

 year may be made in this way, and they 

 will be ready for immediate use : String 

 the beans as for table use, and place them 

 in boiling Avater, salting to taste. Let 

 them remain until well scalded, not cook- 

 ed, drain them off and place in cold vine- 

 gar. Add spices if you like. Let the 

 beans remain in the vinegar till well cool- 

 ed, when, if the vinegar be good and 

 strong, they are ready for use. They are 

 tender and delicious. 



Spiced Vinegar for Pickles. — The 

 following is an old and good receipt : 

 Bruise in a mortar two ounces of black 

 pepper, one ounce of ginger, one-half 

 ounce of allspice, and one ounce of salt. 

 If a hotter pickle is desired, add half a 

 drachm of cayenne, or a few capsicums. 

 Put these in a stone jar, with a quart of 

 vinegar, and cover with a bladder wetted 

 with the pickle, and over this a piece of 

 leather. Of course any way of covering 

 equally tight will answer. Set the jar 

 near the fire for three days, shaking it 

 three times a day. To save time it is 

 usual to simmer the vinegar gently with 

 the spices, which is best done in an enam- 

 eled saucepan. 



A Fruit House. — An Illinois horticul- 

 turist has constructed a fruit house which 

 is to be a protection alike from Summer's 

 heat and Winter's cold. Two rows of 

 posts are set in the ground, two and a 

 half feet apart, boarded up inside and 

 out, and the intervening space filled with 

 straw, packed in as closely as possible. 

 Two sets of rafters ai'e then put on, th^ 

 upper set three feet above the lower, 

 which are boarded on the under side and 

 the space closely packed witli straw, after 

 which a cheap board roof is put on. On 

 the 11th of last August, with the tem- 

 perature 98 in the sliade, it was as cold 

 as an ice-house, and contained a quantity 

 of apples as sound as when taken from 

 the trees 10 months before. 



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