THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
; December 26.] 
seed list in readiness. The following list may afford some 
i of the cottage gardeners and those newly beginning a 
little information. 
Peas .—There are many varieties, and a great same- 
; ness about many of the early kinds ; one good variety is 
| all that is required in a small garden, and for one com¬ 
bining all the good qualities of a pea the Early Gon- 
i queror, 3 feet high, is the best. The Early Warwick, 
i Prince Albert, Danecroft Rival, Shilling's Grotto, Ac., 
\ are also all good, well-known peas, where variety is re- 
j quired. The best varieties, to succeed are the Blue 
1 Scimitar, 2-J- to 3 feet high ; the Champion of England, 
i a first-rate pea, 4 to 5 feet high ; the Reliance Marrow, 
I 0 to 7 feet high ; the British Queen, 0 to 7 feet high; 
S and Bishop’s new Long-pod Dwarf; all of which are 
first-rate peas to succeed each other from May till 
i November. There are many other good varieties, such 
! as the Auvergne, 4 to 5 feet high ; the Spanish Dwarf, 
1 to 2 feet high ; the Banksian Blue, 2 to 3 feet high; 
the Ringwood Marrow, 4 to 5 feet high; the Blue Im¬ 
perial, 3 feet high; Blue Surprise, 4 to 5 feet high; 
Woodford Marrow, 3 feet high ; Knight’s Tall Marrow, 
7 to 8 feet high; Knight’s Dwarf Green, 3 feet high ; 
Tall Green, 6 to 7 feet high; Mammoth Tall Green 
Marrow, 6 to 7 feet high; and the Dwarf Green Mar¬ 
row, 3 feet high. 
One quart of any early variety of pea is quite suffi¬ 
cient for sowing a row 100 feet in length; half-a-pint 
less sown in the same distance of the blue varieties; 
and one pint of the large and tall kinds are sufficient 
where the soil is rich, well pulverized, and pretty free 
from slugs, &c. 
Of Beans, the Early Royal Dwarf, H 1° 2 feet high ; 
the Long Pod, 3 to 4 feet high ; and Johnson’s Wonder, 
3 to 4 feet high, are the best; and of tall kinds we 
recommend the Windsor Broad-beau, and the Green 
Windsor or Nonpareil, each from 3 to 4 feet high. 
Beans of any of these varieties planted as outside or 
single rows will produce double the crop they will pro- 
dirce when planted in patches, and in rows succeeding 
each other from two to three feet apart, and the same 
may be said of peas. We always plant or sow at great 
distances, and get immense crops, besides the advantage 
of such rows forming partial shade and shelter for other 
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summer crops. There are other varieties of beans, but 
the foregoing are all well known and proved varieties, 
and are enough for any garden. 
French Beans .—Of these there are endless varieties, j 
The Black Negro is a very good one; the Newington i 
Wonder, Pale Dun, Dark Dun, Robin’s Egg, and Black | 
Speckled, are all good bearers; but of the Runners no 
variety that we have ever grown possesses so many good 
qualities as the old Scarlet Runner: there are the j 
Painted Lady, the Spanish Haricot, the White Dutch, j 
Ac., all very good where plenty of ground with strength j 
to work it is at command, and variety is required. 
Brocolis .—There are a great many more line varieties 
of this vegetable than there were 23 years ago. 1' or 
a small garden, where only a small piece of ground can | 
be spared for its cultivation, wo recommend the Wal- 
clieren White, the Wilcove W lute, Malta White, Sprout- | 
ing Purple, and Knight’s Protecting White, with Purple j 
and White Cape, and a good variety of cauliflower. The | 
following are also good varieties, when obtained true :— j 
the Brimstone or Portsmouth Dwarf, Russian Late 
White, Grange’s Early White, Chappie’s Cream, Bowie’s j 
Sulphur, Miller's Dwarf, Howden’s Purple, Waterloo 
White, Ac. 
Borecoles .—The Dwarf Green Canadian, Tall Curled 
Egyptian, Siberian, and Buda are about the best varie- ; 
ties; and the Brussels Sprouts, the Sprouting-stalked 
Savoy, as well as the Dwarf Curled Green Savoy, are 
all fine varieties. 
Cabbage .—Of this vegetable there is an endless 
variety—three or four of the best are enough for all 
purposes throughout the year. Atkins’ Matchless is a 
pretty dark-green-coloured variety, forming a pretty- 
shaped heart close to the ground, coming in quick at all 
seasons of planting, and early in spring, and is a beau¬ 
tiful colour for coleworts, greens, or any purpose. Non¬ 
pareil is also a very good pretty-sized quick-coming-in 
cabbage, and so is Shilling’s Queen. Enfield, West 
Ham, and Tobolsk are good varieties, larger, and not 
quite so quick in coming in. There are many other 
very good varieties—such as the Early Hope, Battersea, 
Sprotbro’, Vanacli, Wellington, Sugar Loaf, Emperor, 
&c. James Barnes. 
(To be continued.) 
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MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. 
OUR VILLAGERS. 
By the Authoress of 
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Amongst the labouring classes there is a striking feature 
in domestic life, that leads to a thousand evils, and which 
cannot be too strongly condemned and striven against. It 
is the very early and complete throwing off of parental 
authority, amongst the rising generation. Roys and girls 
are alike affected by it; and the peace and comfort of the 
' lowly cottage must be sadly interrupted; whilst the respect¬ 
ability of the family is often endangered by it. This must 
i arise from want of care and firmness on the part of the 
parents, who are commanded to “ train up a child in the way 
it should go,” and whose duty it is to compel obedience from 
: the cradle. Many old people lament this change in the 
habits of the poor, since they were children. In their days 
| the little ones were brought up in strict submission to their 
parents: the hours of the humble household were regular 
and properly regarded, and there was no idle playing in the 
1 street, and staying out late in the evening as there is now. 
The boys were at work, and the girls were kept at home 
I witli their mother, at their needle, or the spinning wheel, 
which in those days was a general and useful source of 
; occupation and profit. 
“ My Flowers," £c. 
In the present day a spirit of lawlessness manifests itself J 
amongst the very children, over whom it is sad to see that the : 
mother, at least, has very little power ; and I often hear the ! 
poor lamenting when their children have committed some mis- | 
chief, as if they had no power whatever to restrain or govern ; 
them. How earnestly ought parents, in the humble walks j 
of life particularly, to keep their children in cheerful sub- j 
.jection to their authority. There is, in their class, a freedom j 
from all restraint of custom and opinion, which governs 
so much the upper ranks of society, and therefore if children | 
are not taught and broken in, to listen to, and obey their 1 
parents, there is no other check whatever to their little j 
wilful ways; for I need not say that where parents are ' 
treated with indifference, the fear of God cannot be alive in ! 
the heart. 
The one grand want, in this matter, is, religious instruc- ; 
tion at home. Schools, however excellent, are robbed of half 
their benefits, by the way in which children are managed in 
their homes. Can we suppose for an instant, that the 
Scriptural lessons of the day will act upon children’s minds 
as they ought to do when the evening conduct and conver- 
