published in connection with those to be printed. 
By not attending to this, you were not credited with 
your May solution, because we did not discover it 
until too late. Are you willing that we should alter 
the charade ?—Mn ude: Many of our hunters thought 
the animal you desired them to secure was a rhinoc- 
oros; perhaps they did not go far enough into the 
jungle The holiday puzzles are admirable and 
came none to soon, for we are always planning far 
into the future the treats we wish to give our gar 
nerers .—Dan Shannon: With the January number 
we shall introduce some new features in this depart¬ 
ment, one of which we think will be appreciated by 
all, as it will cojnbine instruction and amusement 
and interest young and old.— Byrnehc: We receive 
many letters asking why we do not favor our readers 
with more of your excellent puzzles. Of course, you 
understand the reason; because we have none to 
offer, but we cannot understand why j'ou remain so 
silent, for we would gladly use anything that comes 
from your pen.— Undine: You never seem to fail 
us at seed-time or harvest; yet we miss some of 
those chatty missives you used to send us in days 
gone by. and wish you would indite some more, for 
that which interests you, always interests us. Con¬ 
tributions from B M. H., Lamps, Angeliae S., Sally, 
Will A Mette, Melrose, Cassbet, Ruthven, T. N. 
Aryb, Adelaide and other garuerers are urgently 
solicited. F, S F 
tice among growers of melons and squashes. 
I pinched the ends of the long main shoots 
of the melons and squashes and cucumbers, 
and left some to run to their own will. One 
squash plant sent out a single stem reaching 
more than forty feet, but did not bear any 
fruit. Another plant was pinched until it 
formed a compact mass of intermingling 
side shoots eight feet square, and it bore 
sixteen squashes. Last year a muskmelon 
plant thus pinched in, covered the space 
alloted to it, and it set twenty-three spec¬ 
imens of fruit, the most of which were 
pinched off. The pinching causes many 
lateral branches, which latter produce the 
female of fertile blossoms, while the main 
vines produce only the male blosoms. The 
difference in favor of the yieid of an acre 
of melons treated by this pinching process 
may easily amount to one hundred barrels. 
The Water Lily. 
WHO BIDES HIS TIME. 
Who bides his time aud day by day 
Faces defeat full patiently, 
And lifts a mirthful roundelay, 
However poor his fortunes be— 
He will not fail in any qualm 
Of poverty—the paltry dime 
It will grow golden in his palm, 
Who bides his time. 
Who bides his time—he tastes the sweet 
Of honey in the saltest tear; 
And though he fares with slowest feet, 
Joy runs to meet him. drawing near; 
The birds are heralds of his cause, 
And like a never-ending rhyme, 
The.roadsides bloom in his applause, 
Who bides his time. 
Who bides his time, and fevers not 
In the hot race that none achieves, 
Shall wear cool wreathen laurel, w rought 
With crimson berries in the leaves, 
And he shall reign a goodly king, 
And sway his hand o'er every clime, 
With peace writ on his signet ring, 
Who bides his time. 
* 
Pinching In. 
A practical gardener makes the follow¬ 
ing statement: 
Last year, as a test of a frequent prac¬ 
Many people greatly admire the f i agrant 
Water Lily, Nymphea Odorata, and yet 
but few are able to get the flowers, as they 
are not generally cultivated, and are usually 
found growing wild in the shallow waters 
of natural ponds. A Hoosier lady tells how 
she cultivated them for her own use. She 
says: I sawed a vinegar barrel in two, soak¬ 
ed it over night with wnter and wood ashes 
to remove the acid, and then half filled it 
with soil from my garden. Planted the 
■ roots about two inches deep and filled the 
tub with water. The tub is painted red and 
it stands on some bricks in the yard. It is 
about eight weeks since I planted the roots; 
have had several blooms already and they 
were grand. I have Nymphce odorata 
which is a pink tinted lily, also a white one 
from Minnesota; both have bloomed, the 
white being the largest. 
To keep rose bushes free from the small, 
green vermin, the following remedy will 
be found a most effectual one: To three gal¬ 
lons of soft water add one peck of soot and 
one quart unslacked lime; stir it well, let it 
stand twenty-four hours, #nd when the 
soot rises to the surface, skim it off. Use a 
syringe to apply it .—Floral Instructor. 
