March 10. 
THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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sequence, so lias covetousness, in Lis case, led to sabbath- 
breaking. On the early morning of that holy day, old 
Mr. Evans may he seen wending his way to town, generally 
along a bye-path, for he seems somewhat ashamed to 
i meet the gaze of the cliurcli-going inhabitants. His letters 
have to ho read, and his ledger, very probably, examined, 
before he feels at liberty to inhale the fresh breeze of his 
country residence, or to bend the knee at the Throne of 
Grace. So pass his days, morning, noon, and night, coveting 
after gold ; and having gained it, holding it with a clutching 
grasp which nothing can loosen; no other matter seems 
to engage a moment of his thoughts. 
Penurious in the extreme, ho has gained a nickname, 
significant of his character, by which he is universally 
i known. As he passes along the street,* clad in an old 
Macintosh, which has apparently borne the brunt of weather 
for an indefinite number of years, as he never on any 
' occasion indulges in the extravagance of a carriage, whether 
chaise or cab, the mother turns round and points him out 
to her child as miserly Mr. Evans; and tho young man 
throws out a jeer and a joke to his companions at his 
expense. 
“In a few mouths—years it can scarcely be—days, it may, 
indeed, be, and Mr. Evans will he gathered to his fathers ; 
sighed over by the thoughtful, sneered at by the scoffer, and 
lamented by none. Where then will be his riches, and what 
his answer to an offended God?” 
Where, and what, indeed ! Readers, a solemn and in¬ 
structive lesson is laid before you. Here is the man who 
heapeth up riches; who layeth up bags of gold; who hastes 
to rise up early and late takes rest; who pulls down his 
barns to build up greater ones ; who shuts up his bowels of 
compassion to his “ poor brother,” whom the Lord has given 
into his charge; who makes “gold his hope,” and says “to 
the fine gold, Thou art my confidence.” Even in this world 
he has no reward ; his riches profit him nothing; he has the 
curse and not the blessing of the stranger and the fatherless ; 
even men do not speak well of him. But what shall the end 
be ? “ Thou fool, this night thy soul shall he required of 
thee !" Consider the end of him whom the Lord himself 
calls a “ fool.” Consider the fate of him to whom the Lord 
himself says, “Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the 
least of these y & did it not to me!" What labour it is for 
the meat that perishetli! If we laboured thus for that 
“ which endureth unto eternal life, ”—think of the peace and 
joy we should have now ! think of the rest and security we 
should have, even while on earth, and “ the end, everlasting 
life!” 
Let the contrast between the two merchants satisfy us 
which is the path of pleasantness and peace, as well as 
safety. Godliness has “ the promise of the life which now 
is, and of that which is to come.” Godliness, springing from 
faith in Christ, as a blossoming branch from “ the root and 
offspring of David.” Think of the one scattering, yet 
increasing; think of the other, “ witholding more than is 
meet," yet poor, and unblest, and solitary! Remember, 
works cannot save us! They cannot buy eternal life; 
nothing but the blood of Jesus Christ did that, or can insure 
our everlasting safety; but they follow us, and rend us in 
pieces, when we are not clothed in the wedding garment, 
which saves us from every accusing adversary. Readers ! 
may we be found in the way of holiness, for that only is the 
: way of peace. “ He that trusteth in his riches shall fall ; 
but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.” 
THE GARDEN PEA AND ITS CULTURE. 
I feel so much delighted with those excellent, useful, 
and interesting papers by Mr. H., on the merits and deme¬ 
rits of the Pea, that I hope he will not stop when he gets 
to the end of its varieties, hut continue onward, as oppor¬ 
tunities may offer, through all our culinary varieties of vege¬ 
tables. It is of the utmost importance to us practicals to 
have such really trustworthy information placed before our 
eyes at such a cheap rate as The Cottage Gardener does it. 
I admire the plan of Mr. H. in giving us the synonymes 
of these various varieties, and, of course, we know, and duly 
appreciate, that it gives the writer much pains-taking 
trouble, and that it saves tho reader much of disappoint- | 
ment and trouble. To show the valuo of synonymes being 
published, let us remember the old blue aprons knew an 
evergreen as the Cuprcssus disticha, for so it used to be 
called in the hooks; then some other author christened it 
Schubertia disticha, and the plant was dispersed about by 
this name, and by the time it became familiar to us it was 
changed again into Taxodivm distichum, and the young gar¬ 
dener knows it by this name, but never, perhaps, heard of 
the other designations. On the other hand, the old gar¬ 
dener knew it by one of the other names, but never heard 
of its being changed into a Taxodium ! Then, no wonder at 
the old gardeners and the young beginners being heard so 
often contending as to which is right about the names of 
plants. Both, of course, are right and both wrong, for the 
want of knowing more. 
Now Mr. H. saves all this trouble, as far as the Tea is 
concerned, by giving us all the names that each variety has 
been popularly known by, and very nicely describes its 
merits and demerits. 
I quite agree with him with respect to the value of the 
Ringwood Marrow. This pea I have grown for many years, 
and have taken many a first prize for it at our horticultural 
shows- When I first grew it, I used to save my own seed 
of it, fearing I might not be able to depend upon getting it 
true in our seed shops ; hut now, finding I can do so, I have 
discontinued this practice of saving seed. 
Seed-Sowing. I always sow two, three, or even four kinds 
of Peas at my first sowing, but for years have placed the 
greatest confidence in tho Ringwood Marrow, but also I sow 
a few of the Early Emperor. This year I have sown the 
following kinds:— Ringwood Marrow, one quart; Bellamy's 
Green Marrow, one quart; tho Emperor, one pint; having 
two other kinds recommended to me, caused me not to sow 
so many of the Emperor, namely, Daniel O’Rourke one pint, 
and Dane Croft Rival one pint. These two were promised 
to excel the Emperor. The Bellamy's Green Marrow I have 
seen growing, but have never grown it before this year. 
Of course, Mr. H. has already satisfied me as to the merits 
of the Dane Croft Rival, and had I seen his statement 
before I had sown it, I should not have given it even a trial. 
Of course, the before-mentioned kinds are intended to form 
the first crops ; were all sown at the same time. It is true, 
I never have taken notice how many days difference there 
were at the picking season of tho different kinds I might 
have sown with the Ringwoods, but this I remember, being 
obliged to leave the Emperor in Its prime to pluck from the 
Ringwoods, as being so very much a better pea. 
The time of sowing the earliest crops, for the last twelve or 
fourteen years, has been, as nearly as possible, about the last 
day in December, or the first of January, as the weather 
would permit. We, like others, have had, in bygone days, 
fine rows of peas up at the above-mentioned time to show 
our friends; and what could often be said about them by 
the end of February or by the middle of March ! A few 
March winds, the violent changes from mild to cold weather, 
the birds, slugs, and mice, left but a few ragged bits of rows, 
which the gardener was ashamed to he seen sticking, yet 
must not pull them up, for fear of losing an early dish of 
peas. As I said before, we always sow our earliest crops in 
the open quarters (which may he a little screened from the 
north winds by trees in the hack ground) as near as pos¬ 
sible to the first of January, having the soil up in good con¬ 
dition, and sown all in the same day. 
The rows are measured out as wide apart as the pea grows 
in height. The peas are sown not sparing the seed at this 
season. A slight covering of sifted coal-ashes sown along 
each drill, which is somewhat disagreeable to the slug, Ac., 
then the rows are nicely covered up with a spade or shovel, 
in the tidiest and neatest manner, no labour is spared, and 
if any doubt exists about the presence of mice, traps are set 
immediately, never waiting for them to begin the rows of 
peas first, but we are on the alert for them in time. As soon 
as the pea begins to make its first appearance through the 
soil, a string of worsted is strained from end to end of each 
row, the worsted being strained about six inches above the 
pea; this is a protection from the birds. 
When the peas are all fairly up, advantage of a fine day 
is frequently taken to stir the earth well up, and among the 
peas in the rows, and a dusting of quick-lime is frequently 
applied of a fine evening or morning, as a donation to the 
