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sional introduction of advice or directions to cottagers relative to tlie 
management of tlieir little gardens, or other objects which tend to the 
welfare of the inmates of these humble dwellings. This was from the 
beginning a part of the scheme on which the Horticultural Register 
was to be conducted; and accordingly a good deal, at former times, has 
been published on the subject. 
To give us an idea of the kind of information for cottagers which 
our correspondent deems most essential, he has kindly sent us a small 
pamphlet o± thirty-four pages, “ drawn up at the request of the Royal 
Horticultural Society of Cornwall by W. B. Booth, A. L. S., a 
member of the committee. 
We are well acquainted with the professional and literary abilities of 
Mr. Booth, and of course can have no objection to enrich our pages 
with anything falling from his pen, if we encroach not on the privilege 
of the society for whom the tract was written. But as our correspondent 
does not seem to think that any occasional extracts we may from time 
to time introduce into the Register will be any invasion of the pub¬ 
lisher’s rights, we shall comply with our correspondent's wish. 
The “ Cottager’s Manual” was first published in 1834, and a second 
edition has been printed. It is principally a gardening calendar for 
the cottager; to which is added, “ Special Directions for the Manage¬ 
ment of Bees.” There are also subjoined, “ Rules for cultivating 
Labourers’ Gardens; with WorJc for each Month , and a List of 
Garden Plants in Flower throughout the Year.” 
Like other calendars, it commences with the first, and ends with 
the last, month of the year. We extract the “Directions” for the 
present month 
“ September. — Bees. —This is an important month to the cottager, 
as he will now begin to reap the fruits resulting from the care and 
attention he has bestowed on his hives. Those intended for store should 
be selected first; the others are then to be put down in the usual way, 
by suffocating the bees—a method so generally known as to render any 
remarks unnecessary. 
“ Work to be done in the Garden. 
“ Fruit. —Plant strawberries, if not done last month. Gather such 
apples and pears as are now ripe, and lay them up carefully for keeping 
a few months. Choose dry weather for gathering all kinds of fruit. 
“ Flowers.— -Plant crocuses and other flowering bulbs. Remove 
layers and pipings of pinks to the places where they are to remain. If 
any Hollyhocks, Canterbury Bells, Sw r eet Williams, &c., were sown in 
February, they should now be planted out. 
