THE YOUNG 
as handsome and attractive as the dog- 
fish, for whom the anemone showed so 
decided a preference, and of whose 
charms, after his visits, she was never 
tired of talking. However, he continued 
to do his best for her, finding it such a 
pleasure to minister to her in any way, 
for he loved her so dearly. 
At last one morning, when he came to 
the accustomed rock to bid her *' good 
morning," he was startled to find she 
was gone. Slowly and sadly he was turn- 
ing away when a friend— a merry old por- 
poise—came swinging along past him. 
"Your pretty lady-love has deserted 
you, I fear," he grunted out. 
*' Have you seen her ? " eagerly asked 
the crab. 
*'Oh yes! more than two miles from 
here, floating away lightly with the west- 
ward current, and milord dog-fish in 
close attendance. I wonder you aren't 
jealous." And the porpoise whisked and 
flapped his tail about. 
"Ah, no!" answered the king-crab, 
"jealousy is such a vulgar thing, and but 
another word for selfishness. If you 
really love anyone very much you would 
enjoy to know they were happy before 
all things; their happiness would be 
your first object, obtained at no matter 
what sacrifice to yourself. I know she is 
happy, and though I miss her sadly, and 
should dearly like to have given her the 
pleasure, I am very glad the dog-fish— 
who is a right good fellow— has taken her 
where she so longed to go, and I hope he 
and his friends will be very good to her 
and take great care of her." 
" Ah well," said the porpoise, rolling 
about, "that may be all very well, but 
I always thought she. treated you very 
badly, and I can't make you out!" 
which, of course, he couldn't, seeing that 
the porpoise was like the generality of 
the world, by whom real love with its un- 
selfishness is rarely understood ! 
—Carbolic acid, diluted with ten parts 
of water and thrown into the cracks 
and crevices where ants or cockroaches 
abound, will invariably drive them 
away. 
SCIENTIST. 111 
Hyacinth Culture. 
DOUBTLESS many of our readers are 
fond of flowers, and would like to get 
some information regarding their man- 
agement and culture. The hyacinth is a 
beautiful flower and a great favorite with 
many whose attempt to raise it has fre- 
quently ended in failure. To be suc- 
cessful in rearing this plant, procure a 
number of hyacinth glasses— say from 
six to twenty— fill them all with water at 
the same time. Fresh rain-water is to be 
preferred, and the glasses should be so 
filled that the water only just touches 
the base of the bulb. Eain water should 
not be employed unless it is quite fresh, 
or otherwise it soon becomes putrid, and 
causes the roots of the bulbs to decay. 
If there is no alternative but to employ 
hard water, let it be exposed to the action 
of the sun or external air for a while be- 
fore being poured into the glasses. 
Hard water used immediately after it 
is drawn from the well is apt to cause the 
roots to become a mass of pulp, highly 
offensive, and fatal in its effects. Two or 
three pieces of charcoal should be placed 
in the glasses a few days before they are 
occupied by the bulbs, in order to allow 
of the charcoal becoming saturated and 
sinking to the bottom, which will keep 
the water from turning rank, and remove 
the necessity of its being often changed. 
By taking this precaution, flowers may be 
raised and matured without changing the 
water. 
Place the glasses in a dark and rather 
cool situation until the roots have nearly 
reached the bottom of the glasses, when 
they can be brought out to the light. A 
month or six weeks' confinement is quite 
sufficient to bring the roots to the proper 
state of development, so that the glasses 
may be removed to the light. The glasses 
should be placed in the most airy and 
lighted part of the room, and as far from 
the fire as possible, but where there will 
be no danger of frost ever reaching. 
When the bulbs have been in the water 
a week or ten days, they should be exam- 
ined, and if any decaying roots or slimy 
matter be found upon them, the sub- 
stance should be removed at once. As 
the shoot or growth increases in size. 
