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CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



■¥ MISCELLANY. -^ 



A Phonetic Garden Romance. 



BY CHAS. B. SOULE. 



One morn I .saw a rose of red 

 With perfume rare and sweet, 



In proud obeisance bow his head 

 Before a Daisy's feet. 



The crimson blushes on liis cheek 



Foretold the mission fair, 

 And ere the Knight began to speak, 



I knew what brought him there. 



And this is what he said, so low 

 And sweet was every strain, 



That often since I've longed to go 

 And hear him talk again : — 



' ' Ho, daisy here on bended knee 



I supplicate your grace. 

 This place would MELON-choly be 



Without your smiling face. 



" For us To-MA-TO how I long, 

 Twould fill my life with PEAS, 



And I would sing a joyous song 

 And always have heartsease. 



" To-night LETTUCE attend the ball, 



And there we'll skip away, 

 For one, I do not carrot all 



What anyone may say. 



" I'll call for you at half -past four 

 With waiting maid and page ; 



But have no carriage at the door, 

 For this is no cabbage. 



" Dear Daisy, pray don't be absurd, 



My love you need not fear. 

 For none before has ever heard 



Me cauliflower 'dear.' " 



I stood enchanted with the plan. 



And heard the Daisy say, 

 " Can't something turnip so we can 



Arrange it right away ? 



'' But then — oh, dear--I want to go, 



But what will poppy say ? 

 I wish we could just slip a — ; oh 1 

 ca.ntelope to-day." 



— Prairie Farmer. 



The gardeuers in India are all Budd- 

 hists.-— y^os^ow Transcript. 



Two apples kept in a cake box will 

 keep moderately rich cake moist for a 

 great length of time, if the apples are 

 renewed when withered. 



Pat, for the first time at a hotel 

 table, saw a boarder reach for the 

 celery several times and placidly pro- 

 ceed to dispose of it. Pat gazed in 

 dismay, and turned to his fellow-coun- 

 tryman witli, " Oh ; moi ! he's aitin' 

 the bo'kay ! " 



Apple Ice. — Stew and strain one 

 quart of apples, add the whites of two 

 eggs, one pint of rich cream, flavour 

 highly with lemon or nutmeg ; stir 

 into the mixture one quart of milk ; 

 sweeten all very sweet, and freeze as 

 ice cream. — Maryland Farmer. 



The steamer Azorian has cleared 

 from Annapolis, N. S., for London. 

 He cargo consisted of 7,488 barrels of 

 apples and 52,000 feet of deals. The 

 value of the cargo is $29,000, and it 

 was all shipped over the ice bridge. — 

 From Sackville Post, March ;2, 1886'. 



The English Violet. 



For the Canadian Eorticulturist. 

 BY M. W. MANLEY, OWEN SOUND. 



Humble violet, lowly born, 

 Well protected from the storm ; 

 Stooping down, I search and see 

 Petals blue as blue can be 

 Covered deep in leafy bed 

 Wliile a fraj^Taiice 'round is shed. 

 What a li/SMiii you impart 

 To the pitnul aiid lofty heart. 

 But a senihlauce here I find 

 To the pure and noble mind 

 Tr)iling on from hour to hour, 

 Blessing all within its power. 

 Seeking comfort from above, 

 Knowing that our God is love. 



