126 THE CANABIAN IIOIITICULTUKIST. 



beautiful locations of rich and valuable soil bought, laid out and prepared 

 for horticultural purposes, by the flowers and flowering plants and shrubs 

 bought and tended solely for purpose of decoration and ornamentation. 

 Only just quietly compare for a moment this state of things of the present 

 time, with those of a few yeai'S ago and the term "growing," we think, but 

 faintly express the contrast, and but faintly indicates the strides of our 

 modern horticulture. Now Sir, what do you honestly think will be the 

 legitimate effects of this wonderful horticultural progress upon our people? 

 Where will these effects be most readily and distinctly read and deciphered? 

 In proportion, as the private or individual morals of people are affected for 

 good or ill, such is also the effect upon their public morals ; for in morals 

 as in the concentrated forces of the ocean, the whole is made up of its 

 individual parts. The family that is carefully, and industi-iously educating 

 itself in each of its members, in the ennobling pursuits of horticulture, 

 liave little or no time for the corrupting influences of the street cornei-s or 

 the vulgar gatherings of vile centres. The youth, be they male or. female, 

 who ai'e tending a garden under good direction and advice, have few hours 

 and fewer quarters to spend in scenes of gambling and the corrupting 

 associations of our public inns. Only drive through a section of our 

 country, and take particular notice of the elevated condition of their horti- 

 culture, their extensive orchards of fruit trees, their live and beautiful 

 hedge rows, their beautiful thriving streets, and their extensive well kept 

 home gardens, judiciously tended, and filled with nourshing and health- 

 giving vegetables and fruits, and above all considered in point of morals, 

 their rich and splendid collection of living flowers tended by soft and deli- 

 cate hands, the whole is a voluminous index of their public morals, and of 

 their social life. Among such a people the devastations of degredation is 

 not so much as known, and the withering, blasting influences of vice are 

 never felt, because these have plenty better else to do. Our most sincere 

 and earnest hopes are that these being influences for good, these cords of 

 our national home life may be greatly extended, until our whole country 

 in all its parts shall be under their protecting, refining, and elevating 

 power. Now sir, as I hear you have the Temperance Act of 1878 in 

 foi'ce in your county at present, prohibiting the public sale of useless 

 intoxicants, is it not think you very desireable and even jirobable that 

 much of the valuable time and money worse than wasted on these enervat- 

 ing commodities should be directed in the peaceful paths of horticultux'e. 

 People will have more time, more money, and we are sure more ability to 

 attend to these better things, and the fruits will be to them ennobling, en- 

 riching, and life giving. Let us earnestly work and hope for better days 

 for horticulture in our fair land. — B. Gott, in Advocate-Adviser. 



CuLTivATmG Young Orchards. — If you have money to fool away, 

 seed down your young orchard to clover or timothy, or sow a croj) of 

 wheat or oats. If you want the trees to thrive, cultivate well till they 

 are seven to ten j'-ears old. Spread ashes, manure, or salt broadcast. Stop 

 cultivating in August, weeds or no Avecds, and allow the wood to ripen 

 thoroughly. 



