THE COTTAGE GAEDENER. 
November 1;!. 
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excuses can be luacle for evil and disastrous conduct, per- 
liaps Julia iniglit shelter herself beneath them, lint conse¬ 
quences are so lirinly and surely lashed on to actions, tliat 
however men may palliate, they cannot separate them. 
The mouth of the Lord has spoken, and uttered Ilis de¬ 
crees upon the works of men; and turn and twist them 
wliichever way we may, the “judgments of the Lord are 
true, and righteous altogether.” 
1 With the bliiuluess of headstrong youth, the young people 
decided upon a clandestine marriage; and with the subtlety 
and deceitfulness of the unrenewed heart they accomplished 
it. iNIr. Manners being absent all day, of course they were 
quite at liberty to do as they pleased ; and Julia had or.ly the 
difficulty of arranging with lun- little brother, who was left in 
her charge. On pretence of taking a walk, she went with the 
child, one morning, to the neighbourhood of the church whei'e 
the marriage was to take place. She then bought some fruit 
at a shop), and giving it to lier little brother, placed him in a 
; safe nook, and bid him eat his fruit, and not stir from the 
spot till she I'eturned. 'J'hen she joined JMr. Orosvenor, 
plighted her vows in the sight of God, and quietly returned 
to the little boy, with whom she went home. What her 
feelings could and must have been, when her unsuspecting 
father entered the house that evening, must be left to 
imagination alone. Surely, the vulture-gnawings of con¬ 
science, and the anguish of guilt, must have begun at that 
hour, w'hen, perhaps, for the first time, she dared not meet 
j her injured parent’s eye ! and I would earnestly jiress upon 
I the young, the speedy, an well as the certain, remorse that 
. follows guilt. The very moment evil is committed, the con- 
I sequences begin—if not in circmqstances, self-reproach, 
I terror, or shame. Oh! that we considei'ed this more deep)ly 
than we do: and that however we may escape for a time, or 
, for ever, the knowledge of men, yet the grand offence is 
committed against Him who seeth the lieart, and who says, 
in a voice of eternal thunder, “ \'engeance is mine : I will 
repay.” 
Julia little thought of the Father in heaven ; but fear of 
the father on eartii was bad enough. It was (piite jiainful 
enough to live in perpetual dread of discovery, which must 
soon be the end of such a step, although they never con¬ 
templated it when first the plot was laid. H('r father was a 
stern man—when, and how would it be ? 
Mr. Manners met Mr. Grosvenor on the staircase, one 
evening, on his return from the City. It was not the hour 
for a music lesson, and enquiry led to detection. Julia was 
compelled to confess her sin, and receive the first burst of 
her father’s offended and outraged feelings. 
I am quite sure that, setting aside all consideration of our 
duty to God, no pleasure or desire of our hearts ever gives 
us one moment’s real happiness when we have committed 
evil to obtain it. The horrors, the teiTors, and the miseries 
attendant upon guilt, crush and overpower every enjoyment. 
Even folly repays us with bitterness, and we are sure to 
repent of it; but wdien guilt fastens upon us, the torture is 
keen, and deep, and lasting. But when we feel the real 
nature of our offence: “Against thee—thee only liave I 
sinned, and done this evil in thy sight,” the cup of agony is 
i full, and brimming over. 
j Let my young readers picture to themselves, if they can, 
j the feelings of Julia as she stood before her father, shrinking 
' from his eye, and quailing beneath his indignation. I must 
I reserve the remainder of her history for my next paper; but 
I surely, even thus far, it reads us a deep and impressive 
I lesson. “ Children obey your parents in the Lord ; for this 
is right.” 
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{To he conUinied.) 
NOTES FllO^r PARIS. 
Besides the plants, fruits, and flowers, which naturally 
I form the chief part of the Horticultural Exhibition here, 
I there is a large miscellaneous collection, which occupies, 
i what is called in the catalogue of the Society, the Tente di 
I'Industrie, A cursory enumeration of the articles will give 
, on idea of this auxilliary department of the exhibition. 
I SeverM very complete cases of instruments, under the 
1 designation of horticultural cutlery (coutellerie horticole), 
have been shown by M. Bittmare, of Wurtemburg ; M.Arn- 
i heiter, M. Garde, and M. Groulon, of Baris. These are, 
i however, not such instruments as are ever seen in the hands 
of workmen; especially those of M. Bittmare, who appears 
to have been at considerable pains to get together as costly 
and as varied an assortment as possible, chiefly suited for 
lady-amateurs. Several collections of agricultural and garden 
instruments of larger size have also been shown : the most 
noticeable of these I)elong to JM. (juentin Buraml, of Paris ; 
and IM. Sebire, of Charonne. But I have seen nothing in 
tliese collections deserving particular mention, either in 
point of originality, or adaptation for the end proposed ; if I 
may except a machine for lifting and removing largo plants, 
or trees, in tubs and boxes, and which, as near as my means 
of ascertaining will enable me at present to say, belongs to 
M. Sebire. A maebine of this kind is particularly useful in 
most gardens of any pretensions, but especially here, where 
Orange-trees in boxes of four or five feet in diameter 
abound, and liave to be fre(|uently moved from one place to 
anothei'. It is no slight affair getting one of these trees, 
with its ton of soil, safely into an ordinary cart, as may be 
seen at tins moment in the Champs Elysees, and the 
Garden of the Tulleries. The ma«hine in question lifts 
the box only a little from the ground, and the operation is 
very simjile. There are one or two implements for the 
purpose of detaching fruit from the tree at any i>oint, and 
so that it may fall at once into a small open net, only an 
inch or so from the stalk, or branch, on ivhich it is growing. 
'This is a contrivance which, in dilferent forms, has been 
several times introduced to notice during the last six or 
seven years. But though it is well adapted for the purpose, 
we doubt w’hether it can he employed to any great extent, or 
with despatch. It is, however, useful for gathering fine 
fruit, or fruit of any cpiality where there is plenty of time. 
M. Michau, of Paris, has shown an invention of his under 
the name of cuche-pot, that is, “ pot-concealer.” This is 
simply a painted zinc envelope, for the purpose of conceal¬ 
ing pots in drawing-rooms, when desired. 
Among the more noticeable articles are several ornamental 
desig!)s of small, portable fountains, the size of an ordinary 
' lamp, suitable for drawing rooms, conservatories, and wlndow- 
I gardens. One merit of these fountains is that they are very 
I cheap, and another is, that besides being easily adjusted, they 
j are capable of being made highly ornamental, when studded 
w ith cut-flowers, as they are intended to be. The smaller sized 
ones may he had complete for ten or fifteen francs (8s. to 
l'2s.). I enclose a sketch of one of the larger ones suitable 
for a drawing-room conservatory. This is in the collection 
of iM. I’lasse, of the Hue St. Honore, 07. The basket and 
pedestal, which envelops the base of the fountain, are made 
of wood. Tlie side of the basket is studded with small, j 
leaf-like pieces of white wood, in the form of graceful fronds. 
Several irregular branches underneath assist to give strength 
and symmetry to the general fonn. In this example, 
the larger flowers—either cut and placed in bottles, or 
growing in pots—are confined to the tw'o sides at the right 
and left; a few sprigs are put in at the further side, while 
the side immediately in front is left open, the bottom being 
simply covered over with a layer of fresh green moss. 
Sometimes, a patch of young grass, growing in a shallow 
pan, is also placed at this side. Tlie more usual way of 
setting off these fountains, especially the small ones, which 
are placed on a table, is this:—A line, or border of grass, 
kept short, is carried all round at the circumference ; then 
1 come several circles of cut-flowers, such as Pansies, links, 
j Asters, or Dahlias, which have a flat surface. Near the 
centre are a few fronds of AdianUtni capilliis veneris, or so 
I many raised floweivs of different sorts. Nothing can well be 
more beautiful or more suitable for the sitting-room than 
one of these portable fountains wlien it is neatly trimmed 
1 with flowers. In another collection of a similar kind there | 
is a tasteful contrivance which combines a flow'cr-basket, a i 
' fountain, an aviary, and a globe for fish. This is intended i 
I to be hung iqi. | 
i Of ornamental flower-baskets, in wire-work and willow, 
there is an endless variety; these are chiefly .suitable 
for amateurs. Another class in this division comprises 
elegant patterns in earthenware, both for standing and 
hanging from the ceiling, A great many elegant cages 
; for conservatories and saloons are also exhibited in this 
