We have them in the country too, friend Stans-bury, and what shall we do with them ? We may possibly, by persistent effort, get rid of the old wagon-wheels, plow-points, barrels and such things, but how shall we eliminate the wood-pile, and turn the barren desert of the chip-yard into a "thing of beauty ?" Perhaps we must concede this much to utility, I was going to say, but Victor Hugo's saying that "the beautiful is as useful as the useful, perhaps more so," came to mind. Let us at least insist that the area shall be small, and that order shall prevail there, and find comfort in the thought that if it continues an eye-sore there but few will think of it. For the rest, let the turf be as bright at the back as at the front of the house. Where the burdocks now thrive so well, perhaps caladiums will prosper. Let us clothe the wood-house with the useful hop and grape; and sow some morning-glories to climb among them and add their radiant beauty to the greenness. Let Virginia Creeper hang its fringes from the porch. Plant the clothes-line posts firmly, and let each support a grape-vine. Set a tree or two for shade near by if it be on the north side of the house ; farther off if on the sunny side.

Chrysanthemums may have a place there if not too shaded, and hardy roses make the waste to "bud and blossom." Then give these growing things, so close at hand, the dish-water and washing-suds, with which you were wont to invite a fever to your door, and see how they will thrive. Don't throw the ashes from the wood-fires into a pile to waste and be unsightly ; go a little farther off and feed them to the pear and apple trees. And will some one please tell us the best disposition to make of the coal ashes ? Will a thick coat of them under the plum trees really prevent the curculio from coming forth, while doing no damage to the trees, but rather benefitting them?

Long rows and horse cultivation are all right in the garden for most things, if the man will make the drills as for the corn, and do the cultivating when needed ; but if the woman is to tend the garden with a hoe and rake, she may prefer to plant closer, and hoe vegetables instead of going over so much ground to destroy weeds. But don't take our garden to the cornfield half a mile away. Keep it near the house - we shall have far enough then to walk to get our dinner vegetables together. Many times it might be more convenient, if not so pretty, if each variety could be planted in squares, just as different varieties of fruits would be most conveniently planted in the same way in market orchards.