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souse lAu-aaor clin.KM-spealcc;s 
wntors to 1.0 so coiistantlv Dmisi ,,,., 
and plant workers as ehief an.onj; ap toiler 
w.th hands, and landing our oeta.pation to 
the slues as noble and grand? I lave you 
noticed that most of those folks who talk so 
graudilmiuently about cultivators of ibe soil 
very rarely are farmers oi- gardencs 
selves'? They think it all 
folks—but not for themselves. Some old 
philosopher said we should mistrust the mo¬ 
tives of llatterers, and we guess it is ti-ue to¬ 
day. Honest praise is scarce. Tlie world 
thinks we iioeil none for doiug our duty 
quietly, tliough it often helps a weary work¬ 
er wonderfully. * 
of the industry In all parts 
0 bee, untry. Men of brains and experi- 
themsel" ‘'''e forming 
on, e yea into associations for the pronur- 
>n 01 tl.eir work, and the old societies 
"cie never more useful than now. P'he 
cont exlnl.itions have been 
plcte and useful. New 
merit are hei 
will 
them- 
vei-y nice for otliei- 
Another sort of talk that does little good 
is the carping critieism of every new 
thmg and new method. We will tell you, 
confidentially, that we thiuli it mighty ].oor 
policy for editors to deride new varieties of 
fi-uits and garden plants, simply on their 
own experience. “Tliis is a big country," 
and a thing may be good in New York and 
worthless in Georgia. It caters to the lower 
feelings of men to be forever trj’ing to prove 
a merchant a cheat and fraud because a few 
seeds or plants are not just what was ex¬ 
pected. Mistakes happen to everybody. 
The most successful men—business men, 
statesmen, philosopliers—are tliose who have 
confidence in their fellows until tliey prove 
themselves unwortliy of confidence. 
# » * * 
G entle Flora is holding liigh carnival in 
Ameinca as never before. Tlie ranks of 
her devotees are swelling apace. Fashion 
bows low at Fiona’s nod, and weais hei fa 
vors as rarest finery. j!fo feast oi fete is o 
any moment without freest decoi.itiou 
flowers and rare plants. 'Ihe exhibitions o 
the beautiful products of garden and gre - 
house were never so large oi so “ ‘ 
tended as this year. The fan ny > 
mum alone now jay- 
than half a thousand vai'ieties. ’ • ^ 
ishwith her gifts to “ p! 
folk get these delights oj 
while the rich iiro 
rc- 
remarUahly eom- 
varieties of great 
ng constantly introduced wliieli 
increase tlie returns of cultivation. 
1 ins year inis seen marlied pi’ogress in va- 
ncties and metliods, and genci’al enlighten¬ 
ment on the importance and i.ossihilities of 
Imi'ticulture. Tlie fruit growers and gar¬ 
dener occupy foremost places among the 
industries of the soil, and are determined to 
Itcep tliere if organization and the spread of 
knowledge ean accomplish tlie oliject. 
* >!< sjt * 
J.Joi-ticultural journals whicli claim to be 
“the only paper of its kind published” 
are expected of course to be exceptionally 
original in their various features. But isn’t the 
claim ratlier far-fetched, dear friends, when 
you cojiy deiiartment lieadings, manner of 
arraiigemeiit, and the new features of TnE 
Amekicax Gakuen as fast as they appear? 
We don't object to your doing this, for we 
work for the good of horticulture, and if you 
can worlt any more ellectively on our plans 
and methods, you are welcome to do so, but 
wouldn’t it be more modest to claim less of 
pure originality? 
\KT omen gardeners were hard to And only 
a little while ago, but as we search 
for them diligently they come forward in ever 
increasing numbers, yet with the innate mod¬ 
esty of their sex, a charming trait that work 
in the art-beautiful administers to and cidti- 
vates. We mean of course the women who 
emrage in gardening as a business, and the 
number is .all too few. No employment is 
better lilted for woman than tins, and none 
can more appeal to her love of the beautiful, 
none is better ad.apted to her strength; none 
is more in accord with her natural abiUties; 
none is better for her health. We now have 
ill hand several examples of remarkable suc¬ 
cesses of women in horticulture, which we 
promise to give our 
But please . 
and don’t say anything .about it! 
* * * * 
know of any better work in 
alike. But poor 
their own willing labors, 
paying princely prices for the "Jemands 
Iv beauties. The gentle o t*A- 
and cost¬ 
ly beauties. The g 
now re¬ 
readers in due time, 
remember that this is sub rosa. 
the 
the cul- 
D Jorld than the promotion of 
tureof line fruit, healthful vegetables and 
beautiful flowers? If you do, please tell 
us what it is, for we 
work. But if yon love 
close and loving service, and 
ceiviug it unstintingjy gracious 
maidens and stalwart men.^ of the 
rule is spreading through .j^d the 
land, through the halls o ‘ „,.,ve at 
salons of art. May hei ^ ‘ ^ jyid her 
every window, and on ovei J 
banner bearers be all who ai 
* * . *• -niiiir in i-’’® 
■pair Pomona, too, gyer the gar- 
^ extension of her Umg'^ q’herc are 
dens and farms of ,,uurc i® 
many indications that fi'tut c 
want to engage in th.at 
jardeniug or frmt 
• form why not seek to interest 
leisure hou-^i how can you do it better or 
if you tl ■ 1 fh-in bv inducing them to 
f 
read g,. qi- magazine you. re.ad has 
Surely the .1 -ood, if only hi keeping you 
done you n cl = you 
informed on t 1^^ ^oes not so 
love, 'file 1 ‘ j^^out the methods 
read h.as much 1 ^oing, 
of work as we las of of 
most use nheipi o ^^ or profit. 
efforts either won’t you act 
upon the suggestion to-day and to-morrow, 
but especially to-day among your neighboi’s? 
Qmprised was the woj-thy editor of Vick’s 
Mfujazinc at our caption of “^.oOO to 
.■511,000 profit” on an acre of land. ’I’Hiy 
“surprised?” Any horticultural editor who 
has travelled among the class he aspires to 
lead and instruct should know of many in¬ 
stances of these large profits. We do. If 
Mr. .Seelye will i-ead our October and No¬ 
vember and following issues carefully he 
will see definite and accurate records of these 
large profits. Of course we don’t pretend 
that every gardenei' makes such profits. 0 
no. More’s the pity. iV'e don’t make them 
yet l)ut are ti'ying to. AVe elaini that some 
skillful cultivators do achieve such result.s, 
and that many more can if they Iry rightly, 
and we .shall help our readers to this desir- 
aljle end of large profits. 
* # Jjt # 
'^ry new things. “Prove all things and 
choose that which Is good”—to the ex¬ 
tent of your means and ability, but don’t he 
Iiumbugged with the pretended “novelties” 
of unreliahle parties. Foitunately, most of 
the leading seedsmen, florists and nursery¬ 
men now exercise extreme care in the intro¬ 
duction of new varieties. The reliable 
nurserymen, under the lead of the American 
Pomological Society,have had excellent suc¬ 
cess in this direction, and the best seedsmen 
are doing the same. There will be surprise 
and consternation among some pretended 
seedsmen when they see certain catalogues 
this year, at the way in which some of the 
claimed “novelties” are shown up by giving 
their true names. May the good work of 
giving rightful names prosper greatly. 
* ■ 
A pples are so plenty in AVestern Massa¬ 
chusetts that on a recent drive in 
Franklin county we saw hundreds of bushels 
of tine fruit going to waste in many orchards 
for want of interested hands to garner them. 
This is ranli injustice to the Apples, for, -with 
prices at §2.2.5 to §5.00 a barrel in England, 
there is no necessity for such wastefulness. 
There is demand enough for them, if then- 
owners would stu- themselves to find it. 
Such men don't deserve good fruit. If the 
market is far oft' and difficult to reach, there 
is no good reason why the fruit may not he 
turned into cider and vinegar through a 
cider mill or vinegar factory. No such es- 
tiiblishmcut exists in the Meinity we m-ite 
of, but one might find profitable employ¬ 
ment there in nearly every year. 
O h! A youtliful contemporary, which is 
very bright and interesting, says: “You 
can rarely buy as good Tomato seeds as you 
can save at home.” « * * We believe in 
s.aving seeds at home. We even grow a 
few varieties of seeds for sale to seedsmen, 
because we have learned how by years of 
dearly bought experience. But we Imy all 
other seeds than these few sorts of men 
whom we believe know how to grow them 
better than we can. And we aheatjs buy the 
highest priced seeds, never the cheap ones. 
The best of everything is none too good. 
We would as soon think of trying to raise 
our fruit trees, as of saving seed for our oavu 
use. Every man to Ms ti'ade. 
Isn’t this g 
o-ood sense 
