would not prefer seeing a fine display of 
flowers rather than a hog or calf; and with 
Horticultural and Floral Halls well filled, 
a good attendance of those of the weaker 
sex is assured, also insuring a good attend¬ 
ance of the lords of creation. Hence it is 
that more liberal premiums for horticultural 
products and floral displays would contrib 
ute materially to the attendance at, and 
success of the fair. 
It is to be hoped that the fair managers will 
see the truth of this and be so far convinced 
by argument as to mend their ways and 
offer us more liberal premiums for the fairs 
of 1886. But always deeds are more effect¬ 
ive than words; and to make sure that in 
the future our part in the fairs will be what 
it should be, the e can be no better thing 
•done than to bring attractive displays to 
the fair this fall though premiums be ridic¬ 
ulously low. It will not be a good year 
for displays in some classes of fruits, but 
nevertheless we can make exhibits which 
will prove attractive; while so far as I know, 
the season has been lately all that the 
florist could desire. Rest assured that there 
•will be many gazers, if not worshipers, at 
the altars of Pomona and Flora; and we 
will receive from the people that recogni¬ 
tion which can not but gain for us fair 
treatment by the premium committee anoth¬ 
er year. Nothing succeeds like success; 
and there will be need of our demonstrating 
but once that we can draw people and do 
our part towards making the fair a success. 
Nor will present and future premiums be 
.all the inducements held out to us. Surely 
we have as much to gain indirectly by ex¬ 
hibiting our products as have the breeder 
and manufacturer. We complain that our 
greatest need is of a market; how can we 
do better work towards developing that 
market than by exhibiting our products at 
the fair? Attractive displays will create 
a demand for them; and at the same time 
we show that demand can be satisfied. It 
is true that to a large extent we must make 
that demand among city people; but I 
know of nothing which will draw so many 
city people to a fair as good displays of 
fruits and flowers. And we draw those 
very persons to whom we most desire to 
•exhibit our products—those who will appre¬ 
ciate them and want to buy. We can not 
more quickly and surely build up a market 
than by making our part of the fair a prom¬ 
inent, worthy one. 
One other consideration I shall mention. 
There are some features of our fairs which 
are not commendable, • which are more or 
less debasing. As good citizens and mem¬ 
bers of society we should do what we can 
to make our fairs elevating and refining; 
and it is doubtful if any exhibits can do 
more to cultivate the good and noble there 
is in people than our fruits and flowers. 
For these are always refining in their nat¬ 
ure and will do much to counteract the 
brutal tendencies of the racing and exhibi¬ 
tions of strength to be seen upon fair 
grounds. More than this, as we draw peo¬ 
ple to the fairs we strike a fatal blow at 
immoral, demoralizing features, which are 
only tolerated usually because it is supposed 
they are necessary to secure the gate re¬ 
ceipts, without which the fair can not be a 
financial success. 
A New Way of Bleaching- Celery. 
Some time since, in strolling through 
Stratford,, the market garden of Bridgeport 
and Birmingham, Conn., I was much inter¬ 
ested in meeting W. H. Benjamin, and 
learning his method of bleaching celery. 
Instead of earthing it up, as is usually done, 
Mr. Benjamin simply ties it up closely in 
old news or other papers v\ hen it is ready 
for bleaching, and at the end of from twelve 
to twenty days finds it as nicely bleached as 
though it had been laboriously banked up. 
He says one* third more celery can be got 
from an acre, because when it is not banked 
it does not need to be planted so far apart; 
that a great amount of labor is saved, and 
that by this process the celery never rusts. 
— Ccn\ of Canadian Horticulturist. 
“What explanation have you to offer?’* 
asked the judge. 
“I foun’ de pocketbook.” 
“In the gentleman’s pocket, I suppose?” 
“Yas, sah; ef I had said I found it some- 
whar else den de evil-minded folkses mou’t 
hab said dar was sumfin’ ’spishous about de 
transaction, ” 
