STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. §1 



Here I Bhall be pardoned for referring to a communication from 

 one of the Committee, in which he says : " Try to convince the 

 wife and daughter of your industrious mechanic that the sowing 

 of a few seeds in a box over the kitchen stove, and setting out the 

 plants in spring, though it is always a little thing, yet it is one 

 that shall in future give her joy. * * * The farmer's wife 

 is rising in the scale of being, by just such little bits of culture. 

 * * * Let them aim at little things, and do not discourage 

 them by using terms that they cannot understand." 



In procuring your stock of seeds or plants, touch lightly upon 

 the high priced named varieties, to which the florist has given high 

 sounding names, that are perfectly bewildering to the amateur 

 and unenlightened. Leave these to be tested by those who have 

 the time to devote^to it, and the purse to sustain it. Florists have 

 a method of bringing out new varieties by hybridizing, to which, 

 for obvious reasons, names as well as high prices are given. 

 First, try the old varieties, well tried and mixed, without names 

 if you please, at moderate prices, for these generally give the best 

 satisfaction. 



Seeds may now be procured, andi^ome of those that need to be 

 started early may be planted in shallow boxes, two or two and a 

 half inches in depth,, in soil as above directed, and placed upon 

 the mantle, or on the sunny window-sill, toward the close of the 

 month of March. The smaller seeds may be spread evenly on the 

 surface, and covered with a thick, wet woolen cloth till they 

 sprout, or gently pressed into the surface soil and covered tightly 

 with a pane of glass. 



The interchange of plants and seeds in a neighborhood, should 

 be as much a matter of course as any other neighborly courtesy. 

 Do not hesitate to ask for them, and in return be as ready to give 

 as you are to receive. 



In closing I quote again from my correspondent: "There is 

 beauty in every flower. There is wonder, a miracle even, in every 

 petal. Who made them? Are they a bond of union between us, 

 with our poor little aspirations, and the Great Unknown? If so, 

 what a pleasure to contemplate them I What a transport to evolve 

 it from the little seed 1 You must encourage every woman to try, 

 then she will begin to be elevated ; after this, then, she will have 

 her influence upon stolid, selfish man." 



