The people who garden simply to get something to eat, in most cases will do better by buying what they want from some pedlar, in market, or some other place; but most of cur readers have gardens and orchards from the pleasure which gardening affords, quite as much as from the mere amount of "truck" the ground produces. Hence, the Seasonable Hints we give have quite as much to do with questions of superiority in fruits and vegetables, as with the exact market value thereof.

Rivers' Early Prolific Cherry.

But we are not so sure that those who take pleasure in superiority, are not also the ones who make the most money, for there is always a good demand for superior articles, no matter how much the market may be glutted with poor fruit. We make these remarks now, because, when in a past year we recommended that an orchard of apple or other fruit trees should have a good dressing of manure at this season, especially if the orchard be in grass, it was objected in one quarter that a poor farmer could not afford to manure an orchard. But there can be no question but that to lead to the best success with fruits, the land must be either naturally rich, or it must have some artificial fertilizing in some manner. As we frequently note, in some parts of the world, where even the climate is just suited to a given fruit, yet those who would excel will take great pains with their culture.

The cherry is an illustration. The English climate is nicely suited to the cherry; yet houses are often built in which to grow them, solely because they are so much finer and better than in the open air. Annexed we give an illustration from the Journal of Horticulture, of a plant of Rivers' Early Prolific, grown in the cherry house of Mr. Rivers, and grown in a large pot at that, which will give some idea of what we mean.

Suppose we could get all the cherries we wanted to eat, for a quarter, who would not give a half-dollar for a bunch like these ?

Art can beat Nature every time; but only those who take pleasure in the art can do it.