THE CANADIAN" IIOUTICULTUKIST. 12. 



in this M'ay, it is not true that tliere are no lionest tree agents. There 

 are men who sell trees who would scorn to make any rei)re5;entatioTi 

 Avhioli they did not helieve to he true. From sucli men it is safe to 

 huy. Tliere is need of caution always in buying from strangers, but 

 when a tree agent has established a reputation for fair dealing he 

 deserves the confidence reposed in liim. A rogue can not continue to 

 sell in the same section of country for any length of time, but an 

 honest salesman can continue to travel over the same ground for many 

 years, tlie lapse of time only making him better known and increasing 

 the confidence of his customers in his honesty. It is not to be 

 expected tliat the business of tree selling will be carried on without 

 tree agents. They are an established institution among us, and hold 

 a position in this business anahigous to that of the commercial 

 traveller. Prudent caution on the part of purchasers with regard to 

 the persons from whom they buy, and the acquisition of some infor- 

 mation from reliable and disinterested sources on tlie subject of trees 

 and fruits, and especially by keeping themselves informed on the 

 introduction of new fruits, and tlie changes time and more extended 

 experience are making in the estimation in which the dift'erent sorts 

 are held, will enable those who buy to escape the mortification and 

 disappointment which so mar.y have experienced, and save them from 

 the loss of time and money. 



USE OF THE FEET IN SOWING AND PLANTING. 



At the last meeting of the American Association of Nurserymen a 

 paper was read on this subject by Peter Henderson, of New York, 

 which is of so much practical value that we recommend it most 

 heartily to the attention of our readers. He says, " I candidly admit 

 that although I have been extensively engaged in gardering operations 

 for over a quarter of a century, I did not fully realize until a few years 

 ago how indespensable it was to use the feet in the operation of sowing 

 and planting. Particularly in the sowing of seeds, I consider the 

 matter of such vast importance that it can not be too often or too 

 strongly told. We sow annually about four acres of celery, cabbage 

 and cauliflower, which produces probably five millions of plants, and 

 which we never fail to sell mostly in our own immediate neighborhood 

 to the market gardeners, who have many of them better facilities for 



