282 THE PHILADELPHIA FLORIST. [Jan's- 



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*>, But in the absence of evergreen tree?, it should be the business ofr@J 

 the gardener, or the person under whose care the place is, to keep the ^ 

 grounds in the very neatest order ; if they cannot be ornamental, let 

 them be as little shabby as possible. Too many persons make winter 

 the excuse for all sorts of litter and uncleanliness, saying to themselves 

 always, " it's of no use now ; when spring comes, I will clean up." — 

 But how much would be added to the winter appearance of your 

 place, if all dried leaves were gathered up and put away in an out-of- 

 the-way corner, along with the remains of herbaceous plants and such 

 other vegetable matter as will enrich your compost heap. Have your 

 roses neatly tied up and covered with straw — they make cones which 

 are at least pleasing from their regularity, and when covered with 

 snow quite pretty ones ; sweep the grass off as cleanly as possible, so 

 that the melting snow disclose charming spikes of green, in. place of, 

 as is often the case, a piece of brick, or a block, or an old watering- 

 pot. Gather up all the stakes which are left in the flower borders, 

 and put the best of them carefully away for another year By a few 

 days' labor you may thus have a yard which will be pleasant to look 

 upon, and which will make much abused winter not half so disagreeable 

 as some people assert it to be. Above all, let no one disturb the few 

 birds which are about the place during the cold weather; snowbirds 

 are always plenty, and it is always pleasant to see them shaking the 

 snow from the dead branches in their happy gambols. 



It would appear, from the following advertisement, which we take 

 from the u Gardener's Chronicle," that gardeners are plenty in Eng- 

 land : 



" Wanted, a Gardener. — A clergyman wants a sober, industrious 

 man, who understands greenhouse and the usual garden work. He 

 must be able to milk a cow, and to make himself generally useful, as 

 no other man is kept regularly. He must also be able to teach, and 

 lead a band, and to sing in church. A young man of obliging dispo- 

 sition and good character will find a comfortable and constant place, 

 and his wages increased j but they will be but moderate at first. Ad- 

 dress, post paid" &c. 



A course of lectures on Botany has commenced at the Hall of the 

 Franklin Institute, by Dr. A. L. Kennedy, on Monday evenings. The 

 second lecture of the course embraced the formation of the cells of 

 plants. The lecturer explained the manner in which cells multiplied 

 themselves, their various forms and functions, the great force they were 

 capable of exerting in their formation, illustrated by the undulated 

 surface of our footways ; and afterwards illustrated by experiments the 

 ^nature of vegetable fibre as compared with animal. 



