WANT OF CONFIDENCE. 
A gentleman in the neighborhood of Dansville, N. V., sent to us for some Dwarf Peas, the 
Little (Jem , and, of course, received just what he ordered, a delicious little Pea, growing less than 
a foot in height. He planted them, and, of course, they came up strong and vigorous, as all our 
Peas do, and as every well brought up and well behaved Pea should. In truth, they came up so 
strong that our customer lost faith in us, and thought we had made a mistake, and sent him some 
tall variety that needed sticking. For this lack of faith it seems he received a merited punish¬ 
ment, for he writes: 
My Peas came up nicely, and growing so thrifty and reaching out so eagerly their little supporting tendrils, 
my neighbors and myself came to the conclusion that they were not the dwarf variety for which I purchased them. 
My only argument was, ‘ I purchased them of Vick!' But evidently ‘ Vick had made a mistake once!' I, 
therefore, procured high sticks, to which the vines readily fastened their supports. Imagine my surprise now to 
find my vines white with blossoms, and evidently having reached their natural height, about ten inches, while the 
ugly looking brush stands three feet high ! My pride in my garden is seriously wounded. 
The worst of the story is that the Editor of the Dansville Express , who, like most enterprising 
editors, is always “poking about” for local items, learned the facts and published them to the 
world. The following is the item which grew out of the Peas: 
Sticking Dwarf Peas. — All have heard of the man who wound up his clock every night for eight years, and 
at the expiration of that time ascertained that it was an eight-day clock. The next best deceived man lives in this 
village. He purchased his seed Peas of James Vick, Rochester, whose seeds invariably prove true to name 
and kind. But the Peas in question, although bought for dwarfs, grew like the high varieties, and they were fur¬ 
nished with sticks. The sticks are some four feet high, while the Peas are less than a foot and full of blossoms. 
The deceived man has lost considerable pride in his garden, but has gained unbounded confidence in Vick." 
A Grand Auratum Lily. — Our readers do not know how anxiously we have longed for 
the time when we could say the grand Auratum Lily is perfectly healthy, and that our readers 
could plant it with perfect confidence. It is improving , but not as fast as we could desire. Mrs. 
Orren Beadle, of Orwell, Oswego county, wrote us on the 12th of September, as follows: 
Mr. James Vick : — Dear Sir :— In 1871 I bought a Lily Auratum of you. In 1872 it had twenty-three flowers ; 
in 1873, thirty-six flowers; in 1874, sixty-three flowers; and in 1875 one hundred and thirty-six very large flowers, 
borne on six stems, six feet and two inches in height. — O. B. 
We do not believe the world can equal that. Will Mrs. B. please tell us whether she grew 
her Lily in partial shade among shrubbery and other flowers, or in the open ground. A friend in 
the neighborhood has also written us a similar statement. This excels our best specimens, but 
we are glad to be beaten in this way. 
The Maurandya. —To have our friends say that flowers are much better than we described 
them to be causes us no unpleasant feelings. We like to have customers disappointed in this 
way. Every one with good treatment and under favorable circumstances will far exceed our 
recommendation. A correspondent of Parnassus, Pennsylvania, writes thus of the Maurandya: 
Mr. Vick : — Please allow me to correct your description of the Maurandya. I have several now on my porch 
fourteen feet high, instead of five or six, and they only stopped then because the roof of the porch prevented their 
having any support, so they spread sidewise. I raised one plant from a cutting that reached that height by the 
middle of July. My seedlings I planted out from the hot-bed the end of May, and they very soon overtook the 
other one. My Petunias, Heartsease, Verbenas, Phlox and Pinks from your seed, have been very beautiful. My 
Canary Flower is stil in bloom and very high.— 13 . 11 . C. 
Double Phlox. — Mrs. D. V. Woolley, of Kentucky, wrote, Oct. 3d : “ It may interest you 
to know that I had one White Phlox Drummondii that partially doubled. I have saved seed and 
hope next year to have double flowers.” We hope so too. In a recent number of the Guide 
we stated that we would be more pleased than surprised, if in a short time we were able to 
announce a good double Phlox. 
A Surprise. — The editor of the Highland Chief\ of Greenfield, Ohio, and his good wife, 
write us to express their surprise and joy; out of forty-three varieties of Flower Seeds we sent 
them, last spring, all but three “ grew to perfection, and were choice flowers.” After our Green¬ 
field friends have planted our seeds for a few years, they will be surprised when any fail. 
Giving up the Culture of Flowers. — A good lady of North Oxford, Mass., writes that 
she must give up the cultivation of Flowers, but can still enjoy the Guide. Eighty-five she finds 
a little too old for work in the garden. 
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