In behalf of the army of seedsmen, allow me to reply to the article on page 181 of The American Garden, headed "Do Catalogues Pay?" Part of the article in question I heartily endorse, but part of it I do not. It is true that with some of the seedsmen this catalogue business is stretched to its utmost. We have not yet reached that stage in horticulture where cabbages require the use of ladders, or beets can be utilized for gate posts, but after all, what does it matter? It is only the gullible who can be "gulled" by these things, and to tell the truth, they rather enjoy it. There is a class of people who like to be humbugged, else why do they return year after to the same source ? " Why don't the seedsmen get up some-thing that will tell us bow to manage our garden?" Don't they ? Many of them devote almost unlimited space to this very subject. They tell you how to prepare and care for your hot-beds; they advise you what to sow the time and manner of sowing, and the subsequent culture. But it seems this is not enough : They must tell the public how to cook the products of their garden. Well, really What next ? The idea of asking us to turn our catalogues in cook-books is utterly ridiculous.

It is well enough, at times, to give some hints on preparing certain vegetables for the table but to comply with such a demand in full, would necessitate the seedsmen having the purse of a Gould or a Vanderbilt to fall back upon. Our catalogues cost money. Few of us are bankers or millionaires; hence could not stand such a pressure very long. Then again, most of us send out vary in price from $1.50 to $5 each. Would the public be willing to pay us any of those prices for a catalogue with a cooking department added thereto ? I fancy not. But in case it would, let the fact be made known, and I doubt not the seedsmen will at once take steps to accomodate all concerned. - L. E. R. Lambrigger, Wyoming.