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THE CANADIAN H0RTICULTUEI8T. 



"THE EMIGRANT'S NEW YEAR." 



Fare-weel to the year thnt's fast wearin' awa', 



Fare-weel to its pooriith and sorrow. 

 The fortune it brouj,'ht, wae's lue was but. sma'. 



The new ane may glint on us to-morrow ! 



Last year I was hanie on my ain heather hill, 



In our wee theekit house by ihe burn, 

 'Maiig neehors I lo'ed, an' lo'e them a' still, 



An' I'm deein' o' grief to return ! 



I ken they a' wish ine a Happy New Year, 



And speak o' the friends far awa' ; 

 But little they ken o' what I thole here. 



Or the heart that is burstin' in twa". 



Oh, why did I leave our snug " But an' Ben," 

 Our bonnie kail-yard and the Smiddy? 



Or wliit g^r'd me sell, to help us out here. 

 My twa grancie kye an' the cuddy ? 



Had I the wit then I think I ha'e noo 



I wadna be sabbiu' an' miirnin'. 

 But dark days may brighten e're the next j'ear is 

 through, 



It's " a lang lane that hasna' a turnin'." 



The Lord has been kind to spare my guid-man 



Through s ckness that fell "U us sair. 

 He weighs a' our burdens, an' wunna' lay on 



But just what He kens we can bear. 



There was plenty o' room in our ain native soil 



For John an' the callants an' mt. 

 And John and the callants w«re willing to toil 



If the laird had just let us a-be. 



But the laird o' the manor maun hae braw hanting- 

 gr^unds, 



And earid mair for his " game" and his "deer " ; 

 He wanted the land for " Preserves" an' his hounds. 



And expatriated us here ! 



They say the "guid folk" will make hames for the 

 jioor, 



God send it were this very day. 

 For wi' strugglin' sae hard, wi' " the wolf at the door," 



Like the year we're fast wearin' away. 



Oh, if they'd begin what they said they would do. 

 An' no daidle, but " do with their might," 



Many blythe hames where dark forests grow 

 Would shine m God's blessed sun-light ! 



And my three bonnie laddies wha' weary an' yammer. 

 An' greet for their parritch an' kail. 



Would dance at the sound o' Dad's auld smiddy ham- 

 mer- 

 It's for them I am makin' this wail. 



Yes : Geordie an' Jamie an' Sandy will grow 

 Brave men, an' stalwart in body an' mind. 



And pride whispers fondly auld Scotia may know 

 What she's lost by losing sic men o' their kind. 



Hope bids me cheer the incoming year 



May chase a' our sorrows awa'. 

 And the joy it may bring will gar the " bush " ring 



Wi' praise frae the hearts o' us a'. 



Montreal. Grandma Gov/ax. 



Shaffer's Collossal. — The season for 

 this monster ra,spberry is about the same 

 as the Gregg Black Cap, and the product 

 about twice as much. Our row of two- 

 year-old plants is a wonder indeed. The 



bushes stand full six feet high, and heavily 

 loaded with fruit. The size is sustained 

 after all suitable nipping and cutting back 

 has been done ; the bush being perfectly 

 hardy and sufficiently sturdy and strong 

 to withstand winds. They should be 

 planted about eight feet by four ; 1,300 

 plants to the acre. They have the red 

 raspberrj;^ flavor to a large degree, particu- 

 larly if picked in the red stage. When 

 fully ripe they form a reddish purple, the 

 proper condition for the table, when they 

 are generally well liked ; but for market 

 or evaporating they should be handled 

 when red. As they lill the place of the 

 red sorts very well for common use, and 

 perfectly so for evaporating, they are 

 coming into very general use and demand. 

 The evaporated article is produced at much 

 less expense of time and amount of fruit, 

 and is of excellent quality, lience market- 

 able at paying prices. — Robtrt Johnson. 



Keeping WATEI;MELo^s and Squashes. 

 — We ate the last of our watermelons Dec. 

 8th, a large one, a descendant from seed 

 brought from Virginia a dozen years ago 

 or more. This fruit, as itsually managed, 

 lasts only three or four weeks in the 

 Northern States. The season may be pro- 

 longed through October and November 

 with a little painstaking. >'?pecimen3 for 

 late u.se should be picked about a week 

 before they are in their best eating condi- 

 tion, carefully handled, and placed in a 

 cool dry room, where there will be no 

 danger of frost. By the first of October 

 they should be packed in dry saw-dust ; 

 clean, dry haj', or cut straw ; kept in a dry 

 room and used as wanted. The old- 

 fashioned way of keeping crook-necked 

 squashes, hanging up in the kitchen by a 

 loop of woolen listing, is still in use, and 

 is effective when the room is safe from 

 frost. When the coal is not sufl'ered to 

 go out, they keep w'ell through the winter. 

 The Hubbards and the Marbleheads are 

 good keepers under similar conditions. 

 Where there are closets against the chim- 

 ney, these and other hard-shelled squashes 

 keep well. The great secret of success is 

 in very careful handling. As a table 

 vegetable, and in pies, these winter 

 squashes are hard to beat. — Wm. Clift in 

 American Agriculturist foi- February, 



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