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made which seemed indispensable to one's comfort. We had very many- 

 other improvements in prospect of a more extensive character, which were 

 only postponed until the end of the season, when we could estimate our 

 profits, and proceed accordingly. A coat of whitewash had, however, 

 changed the appearance of the house considerably ; and the paling fence 

 before the entrance was likewise radiant with the same beautifier. Then, 

 in order to gain time, there was a double row of young grape-vines, as a 

 border, lining the path from the road to the house, v.hich would hereafter 

 form an arbor of lovely shade over the trellis that should be prepared in 

 good time. Inside the house, we had put up nice curtains to the windows ; 

 and our carpets looked certainly as handsomely on these floors as they 

 ever did at the former homestead ; whilst the familiar furniture made it seem 

 sometimes difficult to realize that we had ever travelled so far from our 

 native place. The novelty of our new location was fast disappearing. We 

 were becoming real Jersey-men, more particularly as we found that numer- 

 ous New-England families were settled near us. The mails brought us 

 our old papers, and the friends we had left behind had not entirely forgot- 

 ten us. Our neighbors were kind and sociable ; and, as we endeavored 

 to adapt ourselves to our new circumstances, we soon became accustomed 

 to the change. Thus, with a disposition to be pleased, we had really but 

 a limited number of disasfreements to reconcile. 



Propagating Cerastium tomentosum. — The best method is to put 

 in cuttings of the last year's growth at the end of April, or early in May, 

 two or three together where wanted, inserting them so that they may be two- 

 thirds covered by the soil. They should be put in in little tufts, or two or 

 three branches together, about six inches apart from plant to plant or from 

 tuft to tuft. They make a splendid edging by July. Cuttings strike freely 

 if inserted in sand, and placed in a cold frame or shady border, and more 

 quickly if placed in a mild hot-bed. The plant is easy of propagation by 

 division. 



