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properties, and that will thus hold the moisture uni¬ 
formly. Of all these, we think Moss the best, and now 
use nothing else, as its sponge-like character keeps just 
the right degree of_moisture wanted. These seed boxes 
should be placed iu the [open sunlight, in the windows 
of the dwelling room, iu the hot-bed or green-house, 
and never shaded, in a temperature running from 55 
degrees to 05 degrees at night, with 10 degrees higher 
during the day : and if a proper degree of moisture is 
applied, say a light sprinkling once a week, if there is 
ife iu the seed, germination is certain. As soon as the 
seeds have grown so as to attain the fust true leaves 
(that is the first leaves that show after the seed-leaves), 
they must be " pricked off" carefully in soft, light 
soil, similar to that used for the seeds, at from 
one to two inches apart, according to the kind. This 
will not only prevent them from damping off. as many 
ofthem are very apt to do, but they will be much stronger 
and suffer less when put into flower pots or replanted 
in the open ground. IVe prefer to replant the seedlings 
iu the shallow boxes already described. And here wo 
again find, that if the soil is mixed with half its hull; 
of sifted Sphagnum, we get a far better development 
of fibrous roots. They are more portable thus than if 
planted again in the soil of the hot-bed, or bench of 
the green-house, though, of course, alter planting in 
the boxes, these are put again in the hot-bed or given- 
house. After the seedlings have been planted in these 
boxes, lightly water them and shade for two or three 
days. 
To such as have not the convenience of a hot-bed or 
green-house, vegetable or llower seeds may be sown 
in the shallow boxes above mentioned, and placed iu 
the window of a south or east room, where the ther¬ 
mometer does not average less than 70 degrees. Success 
would be more complete, however, if panes of glass 
were placed over the seeds, resting on the edge of the 
box an inch or so from the soil. This would prevent 
evaporation, and render watering less necessary. 
(TO DE CONTINUED). 
KEEP THE HOE GOING. 
That •-ill weeds grow apace" we cannot gainsay, 
For proofs of the proverb come forth with the day; 
If we don't clear them thoroughly out of the ground, 
A plentiful crop of their seeds will be found : 
Making waste of our work, without reason or gain, 
And changing our prospect of pleasure to pain : 
So the use of my motto I now would be showing— 
To keep the weeds down, we must keep the hoe going. 
Bad temper will grow like a weed in the heart, 
Striking deep with its roots like a venomous dart; 
And they who encourage it nourish a devil, 
That changes whatever is good into evil; [ness, 
Then words that should comfort give nothing but sad- 
And deeds that should bless are productive of badness; 
The weed of ill-temper, I now would be showing, 
Must be struck at the root—we must keep the hoe going. 
Intemperance oft is a troublesome weed, 
Changing health to disease, and plenty to need; 
Embittering life, destroying all quiet, 
Consuming the household with wasting and riot. 
Avoid the temptation, keep out of the folly: 
Why sacrifice gladness to dark melancholy ? 
Go work in the garden, and soon you’ll be knowing, 
Health and mirth may be gained if you keep the hoe 
going. 
Envy, Hatred, and Malice arc virulent weeds; 
Where charity failetli they scatter their seeds: 
Bright flowers of love, and sweet fruits of kindness, [ness 
Are choked by their growth: and the soul in its blind- 
Takes evil for good, and the wrong for the right; 
And goes forth in darkness as hating the light. 
Oh! tear up such weeds ere their seeds they be sowing 
In the garden of life, and keep the hoe going. 
See Hypocrisy spreading a blight on each hand, 
Where Candor and Truth have no hold on the land. 
See Deception and Craft and Selfishness grow, 
Where Simplicity shrinks like a Rose in the snow. 
Oh, such weeds are too rank in humanity’s field. 
Too fast in their spread, too malignant their yield : 
We must summon our courage to hinder then - growing, 
We must work, we must wait, we must keep the hoe going. 
Come back to the motto, "Ill weeds grow apace,” 
There’s a clear course for all, and our life is a race ; 
The Honest and Truthful and Good make the running, 
And loss and disgrace are the wages of cunning. 
Cut down the bad weed, give sunshine and air 
To the blooms that are sweet and the grains that are fair: 
Be taught as from Heaven to see that I’m showing, 
One way to be happy is to keep the hoe going. 
— J. H. Jewell. 
BAUHINIA. 
This interesting genus of leguminous plants was named 
by Plumier, in honor of the brothers, John and Casper 
Bauhin (two celebrated botanists of the sixteenth een- 
ury), in consequence of most of the species having 
thfiir leaves composed of two lobes, which are either 
quite separate, or, more frequently, joined together by 
a portion of their inner margins, and which Plumier 
thought symbolic of the united labors of the two 
Bauhins in the cause of science. The numerous species 
are extensively diffused throughout the tropics, partic¬ 
ularly in Brazil and India. They are generally climbers, 
frequently attaining a gigantic size; some few how¬ 
ever, form trees or large shrubs. Their flowers are pro¬ 
duced either singly or in racemes opposite the leaves, 
