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William wipes up, and minds, and eats his sugar, and 

 stops. 



AFTER SCENE. The minister is present, and very nice 

 talk is going on upon the necessity of governing children. 

 "Too true," says mamma, "some people will give up to 

 their children, and it ruins them every child should be 

 governed. But then it won't do to carry it too far ; if one 

 whips all the time it will break a child's spirit. One 

 ought to miy kindness and firmness together in managing 

 children." 



" I think so," said the preacher ; " firmness first and then 

 kindness." 



" Yes, sir, that's my practice exactly." 



CATALOGUE OF FLOWERS, SEEDS, AND FRUITS. 



WE have received from different directions catalogues of 

 seeds, flowers, and fruits. Instead of a mere mention of 

 them, we shall employ them as texts for some remarks on 

 the departments to which they belong. 



The kinds, and varieties of the same kind of vegetables 

 advertised are satisfactory. Then there is evidence that the 

 easily besetting sin of seed establishments has been resisted 

 and very much overcome, viz. : a prodigal multiplication 

 of varieties. Now we do not wish to tie down a seedsman 

 to only one variety of cucumber one pea one bean ; for 

 there is great advantage in having many varieties of the 

 same vegetable. Some love mild radishes, and some love 

 the full peppery taste ; as both qualities cannot exist in the 

 same variety it is desirable to have two. But some radishes 

 which do admirably in the spring and early summer, lose 

 their good qualities if planted in summer. We therefore 

 seek and find a summer variety. This again fails for late 



