"If the attempts of rationalists to shut out God from the scenes of Scripture be painful, no less so are the efforts of thos who, like Dr. Robinson, would compromise matters and reduce a miracle to the very smallest degree of the supernatural. If we must have a miracle, let us have as little of God in it as possible,' seems the maxim of some. Lepsius has praised the American traveler for his dignified protest against too much of the miraculous in Scripture. But from the lips of rationalism such praise carries no comfort to the conscience of a Christian man. There is danger in trying to stand well with rationalists and literary men, lest we sacrifice the veracity of Scripture to their good opinion. There is danger, too, in the well-meant efforts of some to win over opponents by making the miraculous as easy and palatable as is consistent with the admission of miracle at all. In neither case do we gain anything; in both we sacrifice the simplicity and truthfulness of the divine record." With reference to that most majestic display of the Divine power, the passage of the Red Sea, and the attempts of Christian teachers to account for it without admitting miraculous agency, Dr. Bonar says: "As to the passage of the Red Sea by Israel at low tide, and when the waters were driven back by the wind, I may add a few remarks which, especially to a spectator of the scene, may come with some force. The lowness of the tide is a mere gratuitous assumption, intended to supersede the necessity of a miracle, or to reduce it to its minimum of the supernatural. There is no hint of anything of the kind given us by the historian, and to assume this is not merely to invent a fact, but it is to say that Moses has given us such a narrative as would imply a miracle, when there was no miracle at all. Now had Herodotus done such a thing, what should we have thought of his veracity? If he stated a thing as a miracle which turns out to be a common natural phenomenon, and which he knew quite well to be no miracle, what opinion should we have of his honesty? If, then, Moses narrates a thing as a miracle, or even if he narrates it ambiguously, when he knew well there was no miracle at all, is he writing honestly? Is he a narrator or an inventor? Now Moses has certainly narrated the passage of the Red Sea in a way such as to make all his readers in every age believe that he was relating a miracle. If he meant no miracle, there has seldom been a narrative so fitted to deceive-a narrative which has been so successful in deceiving millions for more than three thousand years-and that in a matter of the most solemn kind; for the question is not one as to the depth or breadth of water, it is one as to Divine agency -it is the same question as has been raised by neology, as to whether Christ's healing of the sick was the result of supernatural power, or of superior skill of medicine. "So explicit is the language of the narrator that it has led all subsequent writers, down almost to our own day, to believe that a supernatural event actually took place. It is certain that all Israel at the time believed that a vast miracle had been wrought for them; and it was of no ebb tide that Moses and Miriam and Aaron spoke when they led the mighty song of Israel's happy praise, lifted up within view of those waters through which a way had been cut for them: 'Pharaoh's chariot and host hath he cast into the sea : They went down to the DEFTus like a stone. * By the blast of thy nostrils STOOD UP THE WATERS, "What sort of man does Dr. Robinson take Moses to be, who could thus declaim about an ebb tide and shoal water, uttering big words which meant nothing? But I forget. It was not Moses who spoke these words: it was the Holy Ghost. It was easy for Rosenmuller to say, 'everybody knows that this expression was by no means to be taken in their proper sense; they are merely the description of an ebb tide;' but it was hardly to be expected that a man so reverent toward Scripture as the American traveler should have spoken much in the same way." On the miracle of the manna in the wilderness our author observes that "Lepsius, who wonders how any one can believe Israel's manna to be anything else than the desert tree-honey, tells us that this tarfa-dew trickles down in incredible quantities' every morning upon the sand. Now, we are assured on good authority, that the whole quantity collected throughout the peninsula in the most fruitful season only amounts to seven hundred pounds' weight. If the reader will divide this by two millions (the numbers of the children of Israel) and again by the number of days in the year, he will find what a small amount of sustenance each Israelite must have bad. There would not be so much as one of these yellow drops' of tarfa-dew to each, even had they reaped the whole produce of the desert. this the meaning of the passage, 'He SATISFIED thém with the BREAD OF HEAVEN! (Ps. cv. 40.)" Was We commend the volume before us as, in many respects, the best account of the vast howling wilderness through which Israel journeyed toward the promised land. By the politeness of our Boston correspondent, the Rev. B. K. Pierce, we are in possession of the Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts held in the Year 1788. This is the convention by which was finally ratified the Constitution of the United States, and is a volume of permanent interest. It was printed by order of the Legislature of Massachusetts, and the care with which it has been edited is very creditable to Mr. Pierce, upon whom, as chairman of a committee, that duty mainly devolved. Very seldom do we meet with a more interesting and instructive volume than one just issued from the press of Carter & Brothers, entitled, Life in its Lower, Intermediate, and Higher Forms; or, Manifestations of the Divine Wisdom in the Natural History of Animals. By PHILIP HENRY GOSSE. The author's object is to describe the various phases of animal life, commencing with the lowest of the infusoria, the most simple of all living creatures, and proceeding, step by step, upward, through life's various developments and functions, and thus to exhibit the manifold wisdom and goodness of the great Creator. An extract from the volume, entitled "Instinct and Reason," is given on a previous page of this number of THE NATIONAL. In a neatly-printed duodecimo volume of less than two hundred pages we have, from the Harpers' press, Elements of Plain and Solid Geometry, together with the elements of plain and spherical trigonometry, and an article on inverse trigonometrical functions. By G. B. DOCHARTY. The author is well known as the Professor of Mathematics in the Free Academy of this city. His "Institutes of Algebra" is deservedly popular; and the present work appears well calculated to facilitate the progress of the student in mathematical science. -- The writings of Andrew Fuller are deservedly held in high repute among our Baptist friends. His "complete works" were published some years ago, but in examining his papers, the editor has found material for another small volume, which is printed by the Baptist Publication Society, with the title, The Last Remains of the Rev. Andrew Fuller. It is made up of sermons, sketches, essays, and letters on various subjects. They will add nothing to the author's reputation, but will no doubt be prized by his admirers. The volume has a very life-like portrait from an engraving by Sartain. We copy a short article on "MINISTERIAL STUDY. "The apostles found it necessary to free themselves of the care of the poor, that they might give themselves to the word of God and to prayer; and can we successfully attend to the ministry without study? "The passage that is generally abused for setting aside the necessity of study, is Matthew, x, 19, 'Take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.' But this evidently related to Christians when they were to be brought before magistrates. Now all forethought in this case would have been perplexity; and it was the decree of the Saviour that they should not perplex themselves, but in calmness possess their souls. "But when study relates to the Christian ministry, then the injunction is, Meditate upon these things: give thyself wholly to them.' A wiser man than you or I found it necessary to meditate; hence he 'sought out acceptable words, even words of truth.' The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the Master of assemblies.' These are the words that will do good. Do not study fine words, but acceptable words; such as shall fasten upon the conscience and upon the heart, such as shall affect your own conscience, and lodge in the consciences of your people. In order to do this, you must meditate, study, and pray." In the same style he gives his opinion of "A GOOD TUNE. "The criterion of a good tune is not its pleasing a scientific ear, but its being quickly caught by a congregation. It is, I think, by singing, as it is by preaching; a fine judge of composition will admire a sermon, which yet inakes no manner of impression upon the public mind, and therefore cannot be a good one. That is the best sermon which is adapted to produce the best effects; and the same may be said of a tune. If it correspond with the feelings of a pious heart, and aid him in realizing the sentiments, it will be quickly learned, and sung with avidity. Where this effect is not produced, were I a composer, I would throw away my performance, and try again." Swormstedt & Poe, of Cincinnati, have issued in a neat volume Sermons on Special and Ordinary Occasions. By the late REV. ROBERT NEWTON, D.D. Many of our readers will remember this eminent preacher's visit to this country in 1840, and not a few of them had an opportunity to hear his voice. The sermons contained in this volume were not written for the press, but taken from his lips by reporters. The American editor, Rev. D. W. Clark, D.D., has supplied "headings, indicating the subjects of discourses," and corrected "a few inaccuracies which had escaped the attention of the English editor." The sermons are not profound, but plain, hearty, and evangelical. We note a few errors in the Scriptural quotations, which were pardonable in the reporter, but should have been corrected before the volume was sent to the press. Fidelity to Truth; or, What Church shall I Join? is the title of an able discourse delivered in Philadelphia by the REV. DR. HODGSON. It is an eloquent, outspoken, and seasonable rebuke to that time-serving spirit which seeks honor and ease at the expense of honesty and conscientious conviction. A few sentences will show the object of the speaker: "It would be exceedingly difficult to find justifying reasons for joining a Church, the doctrines of which we do not believe, unless it were impossible, on account of distance, to join one of our own faith. The reasons usually influencing this course are very unsatisfactory. One is, that our ancestry belonged to it. This would be very well if no sacrifice of principle were involved. Another is that our relatives belong to it. This is a very amiable reason, and would be entitled to great respect if no sacrifice of principle were involved. Another is, our friends belong to it. Of this also we say, it would be a very good reason if it required no sacrifice of principle. But, mostly, the object is to acquire respectability and influence, or to escape odium. Great pains are taken by the members of some sects, to make it appear that their Church has the most respectability, and influence, and wealth. And to some, joining such a Church seems a cheap and sure way to acquire reputation, though they may despise its peculiarities. Some select their Church relations with a view to fashionable society. Some have in view: securing business, or place, or bank accommodations. Sometimes the physician or the lawyer, in search of practice, selects his church with the view of securing professional success. Sometimes matrimonial alliances are the motives. God's truth is cashiered for the sake of a wife or a husband." We should be glad to quote at greater length did our space permit, but must close by commending a perusal of the entire sermon to our readers of every denomination. It is for sale at the Tract Society's Depository in Philadelphia, and may be ordered through our publishers, Messrs. Carlton & Porter. Kathie Brande is just what it professes to be, a fireside history of a quiet life. It is written in an admirable style of simple earnestness; and, although evidently a work of fiction, it is replete with common-sense views of men and things, and life-like delineations of character. It inculcates a love for honesty and truth, and is decidedly one of the best works of its class that we have seen for a long time. Harper & Brothers. Our Friends in Heaven is the title of a little volume, of which several editions have been printed in Scotland. It is from the pen of the REV. J. M. KILLEN, and is now issued, in very neat style, from the press of Swormstedt & Poe. The subject is one of special interest to those who mourn the departure of relatives and friends, and is handled skillfully, and with constant reference to the oracles of Divine truth. numerous. Memories of Bethany is a neat little volume, belonging to a class which is becoming quite It is dedicated to mourners in Zion, with whom Bethany has ever been a name consecrated to sorrow. The author takes as his themes, successively, the good part chosen by Mary, the death and raising to life of Lazarus, the precious ointment wherewith the Saviour's feet were anointed, the barren figtree, and the ascension of the risen Redeemer; all of which events are associated with the village which gives its name to the book. (Carter & Brothers.) - Villas and Cottages; a Series of Designs prepared for Execution in the United States. By CALVERT VAUX. The author of this beautifully printed volume was associated with the lamented Downing, the most ingenious and skillful architect of his day. Mr. Vaux appears to have profited by the association, and to have engaged in the science with similar enthusiasm. He has made a book that will not only add to his own reputation as a man of admirable taste and artistic genius, but be sought after by those who desire, in building, to combine, with economy, the greatest amount of comfort and convenience. It is illustrated with three hundred engravings, and contains estimates of cost for the erection of a great variety of villas and cottages. (Harper & Brothers.) A volume of Songs and Ballads, by SIDNEY DYEE, discloses a great deal of practical good sense, with a very fair proportion of the true poetic fire. What cannot be said of a great deal of the rhyme recently given to the world in large type and pretty binding, will at once strike the reader of Mr. Dyer's volume, namely, that his poems are so expressed, as not to overtask an ordinary intellect in detecting the author's meaning. Estimating the value of things by their rarity, this is high praise. Take as a specimen and a sample these stanzas on "THE GOLDEN RULE. "In the bustle of life, when the truth of the heart Where, where is a refuge to shield, and impart O, pause not to ask what the wisest would do, All things that ye would men should do unto you, "If thou and thy brother have aught to decide, Ne'er bring to another thy cause to be tried, No! judge for thyself by this rule, ever true, All things that ye would men should do unto you, "If a dark wave of trouble has swept o'er a soul, In justice to the author of Duties, Tests, and Comforts, which book we commended in our last number, it may be remarked that the accidental exaggeration, on page 79, has been cor The Christian Review for January is one of the best numbers of that able quarterly that we have seen. It has recently changed its location and management, and is published in Baltimore. From an exceedingly pertinent article, entitled "The Providence of God in books," we take the following interesting fact: "Some twenty years ago, the writer of this article occupied an important literary position in London, when a manuscript, written by a young man, was placed in his hands for an opinion. It was large and cumbersome, roughly put together, and when examined, proved to be much interlined; its style was overloaded with ornament, and was very far from being in the purest taste: but the thoughts were both Scriptural and original; the creations of imagination which it presented were brilliant and enrapturing, and the spirit it breathed was elevated and devotional. Being assured by the author's most intimate friend that the fate of the young man was in our hands, for that he had resolved, as his work had been rejected by several booksellers, to write no more, we earnestly entreated the publishers to send it forth to the world. It was urged, in reply to us, that the author was unknown, the book was large, and the subject was not generally attractive to purchasers of books. These and other objections were answered as well as we could do it, and at length 'HARRIS's Great Teacher' saw the light. Thus was its author encouraged to compete for the premium offered for Mammon,' and thus commenced his extraordinary career as a theological writer." The (London) Quarterly Review for January has an article entitled "Our Youth; their culture and education." The writer takes for his text" Dr. Thomson's Educational Essays," published at Cincinnati last year. The critic pronounces them "genial and instructive, pervaded by a purpose to engage the minds and hearts of young men, and young women too, in the service of all that is great and good." 66 Emerson's English Traits" forms the subject of another article; and a third is devoted to American Agriculture. It is not a great many years since, one of the reviewing fraternity of Great Britain flippantly asked, Who reads an American book? Three American books, selected as subjects for review in one number, would seem to indicate progress, if not a more correct appreciation of cisatlantic authorship. The Farm and the Flower-Garden. WE propose, occasionally, to omit our usual summary of Arts and Sciences, and the Literary Record, that we may have room for interesting facts relative to the cultivation of the soil, and the production of those choice gifts of our heavenly Father-flowers and fruit, including, of course, the products of the kitchen garden. In this department we have the promise of assistance from a competent source. Original articles, with selections from the best agricultural and horticultural publications, Ameri can and European, will, we doubt not, render this department attractive as well as instructive. THE CHINESE SUGAR CANE is at present attracting attention in all parts of the country. Seeds have been freely distributed from the Patent Office at Washington, and Mr. Mason, the United States Commissioner, thus describes it, and suggests the proper mode of its cultivation: "The Chinese sugar cane, when cultivated on ordirary land, in the United States, somewhat after the manner of broom corn, grows to a height of from eight to sixteen feet, while in Europe it does not attain more than half of this altitude. Its stems are straight and smooth, often covered with a white bloom or down, having leaves somewhat flexuous, falling over and greatly resembling in appearance those of Indian corn, but more elegant in form. When cultivated in hills, containing eight or ten stalks each, it puts forth at its top a conicle panicle of dense flowers, green at first, but changing into violet shades, and finally into dark purple at maturity. In France and the central and northern sections of the United States, it has thus far proved an annual; but from observations made by M. Vilmorin, as well as some experiments in our Southern States, it is conjectured that, from the vigor and fullness of the lower part of the stalk in autumn, by protecting them through the winter, they would produce new plants the following spring. It stands drought far better than Indian corn, and will resist the effects of considerable frost without injury, after the panicles appear, but not in its younger and more tender state. If suffered to remain in the field after the seeds have ripened and have been removed, where the season is sufficiently warm and long, new panicles will shoot out at the topmost joints, one or more to each stalk, and mature a second crop of seeds. The average yield of seed to each panicle is at least a gill. "Cultivation. Since its introduction into this country the Chinese sugar cane has proved itself well adapted to our geographical range of Indian corn. It is of easy cultivation, being similar to that of maize or broom-corn, but will prosper in a much poorer soil. It does not succeed so well, however, when sown broadcast with the view of producing fodder, as it will not grow to much more than one half of its usual height. If the seeds are planted in May, in the Middle States, or still earlier at the South, two crops of fodder can be grown in a season from the same roots-the first one in June or July, to be cut before the panicles appear, which would be green and succulent, like young Indian corna month or two later, at the time, or before, the seed is fully matured. In the extreme Northern States, where the season is too short and cool for it to ripen in the open air, the cultivator will necessarily have to obtain his seed from regions further south. If it were important for him to raise his own seed, he could start the plants under glass, in the spring, and remove them to the field or garden at about the period of planting Indian corn, after which they would fully mature. One quart of seeds are found to be sufficient for an acre. If the soil be indifferent or poor, they may be sown in rows or drills about three feet apart, with the plants from ten to twelve inches asunder; but if the soil be rich, they may be planted in hills, five or more seeds to each, four or five feet apart in one direction, and three or four in the other. The plants may be worked or hoed twice in the course of the season in a similar manner to Indian corn. Any suckers or superfluous shoots which may spring up, may be removed. The seed should not be harvested before it acquires a dark or black hue. Should the plants lodge, or fall to the ground, by the excessive weight of the heads, during storms of wind or rain, before the seed matures, they may remain for weeks without injury. In collecting the seed, a convenient method is to cut off the stalks about a foot below the panicles, tie them up in bunches of twenty-five, and suspend them in any secure, airy place, sheltered from rain. If intended solely for fodder, the first crop should be cut just before the panicles would appear, and the second as soon as the seed arrives at the milky stage. It may be tied up in bundles, shocked and cured, like the tops or stalks of Indian corn. If not intended to be employed for any other economical use, after the seed has been removed, and the average temperature of the day does not exceed 45° or 50° Far., the stalks may be cut up close to the ground, tied in bundles, collected in shocks, or stowed in a mass in a succulent state, for fodder, in sheds or barns, where they will keep without injury, if desired, until spring. In this condition, however, the lower parts of the stalks will be found to be quite hard and woody, and will require to be chopped into small pieces for feeding. "Precaution.-Particular care should be observed not to cultivate this plant in the vicinity of Dourah corn, or Guinea corn, as it hybridizes or mixes freely with those plants, which would render the seeds of the produce unfit for sowing." THE RASPBERRY, in the judgment of our friend of the Rural New Yorker, is the most delicious fruit that grows. He is careful, however, to tell us that he does not mean a kind of fruit that denizens of crowded cities call by that name, "little mashed up things, scooped up with a spoon, measured in a dirty little tin cup, and wrapped in brown paper." O! no; he means such fruit as every sensible cultivator may have for his own table, large and luscious. He tells us how they may be produced: "The raspberry will do well in any good, rich, and deep garden soil, but succeeds best where it is inclined to be moist. In a dry, sandy soil, the more tender sorts will ripen the wood better, but in such a soil thorough mulching is necessary. The best situation is in a border on the north side of a fence, or where they are grown extensively on the northern exposure of a side hill, as in this situation the plants are not as much affected by sudden changes in winter, and the fruit is larger if grown in a rather shady situation. They may be grown finely in young orchards; say two rows between each row of trees. "The raspberry may be planted from two to three feet apart, and the cane should be ent down to within twelve or eighteen inches of the ground, according to the strength of the plant, cutting the weakest cane the shortest; and no fruit should be allowed to grow the first season. The buds should be picked off as soon as they make their appearance, that all the strength of the root may go into the new canes; and these should be carefully tied to a stake, as on their health and vigor depends the crop the next season. Pruning the raspberry is a very simple operation. The canes are produced one season, bear fruit the next, and then die. When plants have remained in one place a few years a good many canes will be produced from one plant, or stool. In this case it will be nee essary to cut out the weakest in the spring, allowing from four to six of the strongest to remain. These must be cut back as before recommended. When all the canes are allowed to remain, as we see in many old raspberry beds, the fruit soon becomes scarce and worthless. "The common plan of training is simply to tie the canes together, around a stake, about eighteen inches from the ground, so that they may spread at the top. Another plan is to place stakes in the ground, and then attach wire or tarred rope to them. The canes are then spread and fastened to the wire or ropes. Still another plan is to have two parallel rows of stakes with wire or rope about two feet apart. On one of these is trained the bearing canes, and on the other the young canes that will bear next year. In training, the objects to be kept in view are sufficient light and air for the fruit, and convenience in picking. THE CURRANT.-There is good sense, with directions that may be profitably followed, in the remarks of the American Agriculturist, from which we abridge the following: "No fact in horticultural science is better established, than that high culture is a wise economy. This remark will apply to the currant with peculiar force. It is true, so generous is its nature, it will from year to year produce a moderate crop under very bad treatment; but when judiciously cultivated, the product is wonderfully augmented in quantity, quality, and size. In addition to this latter fact, a healthy, well-grown, symmetrical plant, gladsome with its peculiar treasure, always produces an emotion of pleasure in the beholder: a matter of no small moment to those who would extract pleasure even from the sweat of their brow. If then, additional profit, as well as no small degree of pleasure, will result from the application of skill and care to the treatment of the currant, let it by all means be done. Let it no longer be thrust into a corner, or some other out of-the-way place, but bring it out into the open air and genial sunshine, and minister properly to its wants. It is almost useless to attempt to bring into shape, vigor, and productiveness, old, unsightly, and half-decayed plants. It is better to begin anew. "Let the ground be trenched a couple of feet deep, and incorporate with it an abundant supply of wellrotted manure. In planting, remove enough earth to spread the roots out in their natural position, cutting off all that are bruised; and be careful not to plant too deep. Tie the plant to a small stake till it becomes established; thin out the shoots so that a round, open head will be formed; shorten in all the remaining shoots about two thirds of their length, and the work of planting will be complete. The subsequent treatment will only become difficult through neglect. An annual pruning is indispensable, which may be done during the winter, or very early in spring, and which consists mainly in shortening in the last season's growth, leaving about six inches of new wood, and cutting out entirely all branches that cross or interlace each other, so as to keep the head well open and in good shape. Suckers must be eradicated as soon as they make their appearance. Fork in some good old manure in the spring, and keep the ground mellow and free from weeds. If the soil is stiff, the manure may be applied in the fall, and forked in in the spring. If you have done the work thoroughly and skillfully, you may look confidently for an abundant reward. Profit and pleasure of a small garden. To us whose lot it is to live amid red bricks, and whose only semblance of a garden is a seven by nine piece of sward in the rear of our dwelling, facetiously called a grass plot, a letter like the following excites feelings, not exactly of envy, but of something very much like it. It is a part of a business letter to one of our exchanges: "I have in this city, (Roxbury, Mass.,) about onethird of an acre adjoining my house, well set with fruit trees of all varieties. I have more than fifty peartrees, all of which are doing finely. One Bartlett this year yielded five and a half bushels of pears, worth $4 a bushel. A Bonne de Jersey, only six years of age, gave a bushel of beautiful pears, worth at least $6. For the past three years, I have had one hundred boxes of strawberries each year, and in addition, this year I have raised fifty boxes of raspberries, and twenty-five of blackberries. I also raise my currants and cherries, and all the vegetables for my family, with the exception of corn and potatoes. I had this year about two bushels of grapes, and my grape vines are doing well, and in a few years will supply a great many mouths with a delicious fruit. expend annually about twenty-five dollars for manure, and do my own garden work before eight o'clock in the morning. It would cost at least $200 per annum to purchase in the market what I gather from my little garden, but the advantage to health of body and mind, and energy of action, is worth far more than any other species of profit." TRANSPLANTING LARGE TREES.-During the past winter a dozen full-grown ornamental trees were transplanted to the grounds around a gentleman's mansion in Philadelphia. They are Norway firs, balm of Gilead, hemlock, spruce, Scotch larches, horse chestnuts, etc., varying from 30 to 40 feet in height, having balls of frozen earth, from five to six tons each, embracing all the roots. They look as if they would never know they were moved, and will be placed in the holes prepared for them during this week. Six horses were required to draw each tree. They cost from $75 to $100 each tree. The gardener who superintends the removal, warrants their growth, and he does not permit a doubt of success. which, when sown, vegetate, bloom, and ripen their seed during the course of one year. Bedding-out plants are those which may be cultivated in the green-house, propagated from cuttings, divisious of the root, or from seed, which generally require more than one season to produce flowers from the time of sowing. Some of the most popular and choice species are, properly speaking, hot-house plants, requiring to be kept during the winter in a temperature upward of sixty degrees, though in the summer season they flourish finely out of doors, at least in ordinary seasons. PROPAGATING ROSES.-Roses generally produce the greatest profusion of bloom and largest individual flowers when supplied with a little rich manure, well incorporated with the soil; for pot culture it is necessary that the soil be made rich, else its fertile properties soon become exhausted. The ever-blooming roses, as they are termed, are of a dwarf habit generally, and do not require pruning except to preserve the general shape of the plant; the straggling shoots, which are generally weak, should be taken off early in the spring, at the commencement of the growing season. Roses of this class may be easily propagated by cuttings of sufficiently ripened wood, set in pans or boxes in a cold green-house. Choose short wood, and make the cuttings about three inches long, inserting them in a compost of sand and loam, or mold, about two parts of sand to one of the other. The soil must be pressed firmly. A slight sprinkling of the cuttings is necessary to prevent their wilting, and close attention in removing dayly all decayed leaves, and careful shading from the sun's rays, are essential points. The plants, when properly rooted, require removal into small pots, say two inch size, or three inch if the roots are strong; the compost used for the first slips must be sand and loam with leaf mold, instead of manure. After potting, the plants must be placed in a cold frame and kept shaded for a few days till taken with the pots, allowing a little air by tilting up the sashes. For the final shift, rather stiff loam with about one third leaf mold and manure should be used. The rose is found in almost every country, and almost everywhere its beauty and fragrance have made it the ornament of the garden, and the object of admiration. It has been wedded to the nightingale, and its fragrance and beauty have been the theme of every tongue. In Shairy and Cashmere the rose is peculiarly odoriferous, and yields the most fragrant odor or essential oil. PLANTING OUT DAHLIAS.-When this operation is performed, the plants, if on beds by themselves, which is desirable, should be set in rows not less than six feet apart each way. Due regard must be had to the respective heights of the plants and the colors of their flowers; if on a bed where they are to be viewed from all sides, the tallest-growing kinds should be placed in the center; if to be seen only from the front, the loftiest must be set at the back, and in reference to colors so arranged that they will produce a harmonious effect as a mass. is a very common error to keep the dahlia in It |