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ment than the failure to get it, or more honest j joy than when 
the gun was finally placed in his hands. 
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keep him in the fresh air. 
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ceive the stock at the earliest favorable time 
| when nothing is to be gained by delay. 
Should a permanent place for planting nct 
be available so early the crowns may be care- 
fully potted and kept during the winter in a 
cool greenhouse or lighted cellar and watered 
sparingly. In the spring they may be planted 
out, without disturbing the roots. 
New York. W. N. CAMPBELL. 
A Profit of $1.11 from 2 Cents’ 
Worth of Corn 
Te cents’ worth of corn seed was plant- 
ed about the middle of July, allowing 
from three to five seeds in each hill. I coy- 
ered these seeds with a little soil, pressed this 
soil down a very little with my hoe. In 
about two weeks’ time my plants began to- 
sprout up. 
I watered the plants every evening, and in 
a short time I noticed little bits of silk tassels. 
In another week I 
These soon 
hanging on the stalks. 
saw small ears on the stalks. 
ripened, and I had corn. 
I had five dozen ears of corn. 
two dozen I sold at twenty cents per dozen. 
Another dozen and a half I sold at fifteen 
cents per dozen. This made a total of sixty- 
three cents I made out of that corn, besides. 
having some ourselves. 
the corn stalks from me for fifty cents. 
made $1.13. My seeds cost me two cents,, 
so I cleared $1.11. 
Ohio. 
Then a man bought 
LILLIE Kocnu. 
The Common Barberry 
lee sprays of beautiful scarlet berries on 
this month’s cover are those of the 
common barberry (Berberis vulgaris), one of 
the best shrubs for planting on the home 
grounds for winter effect. In the spring its 
gracefully arching branches are loaded with 
clusters of bright yellow, fragrant flowers. 
which with the light green of the young 
foliage make a pleasing sight. In the fall 
the flowers are replaced by berries, which 
persist until February unless eaten by the 
birds. The barberry may be grown as a 
specimen plant on the Jawn, or in masses, 
and it makes an impenetrable hedge. 
It does not need much pruning to keep it 
in good form; merely remove those branches 
that rub against any others and cut back 
any that may be growing so that they tend to 
destroy the general even form of outline. 
The common barberry is found growing 
abundantly in old pastures and in abandoned 
lands in New England, and the fruits are 
much prized for making ‘‘shoe-peg’’ sauce. 
It is a native of Europe. 
Plants are easily grown from seeds sown 
as soon as ripe or stratified in sand and sown 
in April. Before sowing or stratifying re- 
move the pulp from the seed. This is 
easily done if they are put in a tub and 
_dampened with water and allowed to fer- 
ment just enough to loosen the skins, which 
will then wash off very easily. 
There are yellow-, violet-, and black- 
fruited varieties, and a most popular form 
is the one with purple-colored leaves (var. 
atropurpurea), which is the only form that 
comes fairly true from seeds. 
The first: 
This. 
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