We should take a lesson from the Grape mildew in behalf of Gooseberries. As the disease, in its first stage, like the Grape mildew, is an Outturn, there is every reason to believe that the game treatment will have similar results; and as sulphur (at least sublimed sulphur), properly applied, is a sure remedy in the one case, we have no doubt about its efficacy in the other. They have, in Great Britain, an allied Fungus which attacks Gooseberries. It seldom, however, does any material injury, and never assumes the dense, matted form of the Sphaerotheca.

In learning, as we have done, How Plants Grow, and Why they Grow, have we not learned more of the lesson of the text placed at the beginning of this book, and of the verses that follow? " Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, shall He not much more clothe you 1

.....Therefore, take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or.

Wherewithal shall we be clothed? For your Heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things." And we now perceive that causing plants to grow is the very way in which He bountifully supplies these needs, and feeds, clothes, warms and shelters the myriads of beings He has made, and especially man, whom he made to have dominion over them all.__

Dr. Gray.

Watering newly-planted fruit trees, or shrubs, must be done with caution, and when once done, had better not be repeated too often; rather shade the ground with some loose material, which checks evaporation; and keep the roots of everything else at arm's length. For, be it remembered, that no amount of watering will compensate a fruit tree for the robbery it has sustained by other crops exhausting the soil its roots have to procure their food from. Peas, and other crops, are very often the cause of Peach trees appearing as if they wanted water, and the pump is but a poor remedy for this state of things. In fact, let it always be borne in mind, that watering by hand is an artificial operation, and is only wanted when the Buffering plant is placed in artificial condition; and, even then, let it be treated as nearly as possible as nature would treat it. Do not give deluges of cold water, daily, to plants not requiring it; better, certainly, would it be to let it alone entirely.

As an example of the manner in which the subject of Orchard-houses is treated by Mr. Rivers, and by way of calling attention to a subject on which much of the success or failure of Orchard-house culture depends, we give the following: - " In the Orchard-house culture of Peaches and Nectarines, syringing must play an important part; for the red spider is so fond of their leaves, that, like Sinbad's Old Man of the Sea, he will stick closely, and cannot be dislodged without applying the syringe close to the under surface of the leaves. If this pest be suffered to make the least progress, the flavor of the fruit will be entirely destroyed. A small pocket lens in the hands of the amateur will be the best instrument to discern it; looking closely at the under surface of the leaves, if it be there, a small bright-red speck, like a red grain of sand, will be seen. The experienced gardener does not look for them. One glance at the upper surface of those leaves, which show some minute yellow specks, is quite enough for him.

If, therefore, the least sign be apparent, continue the regular syringing, even till the fruit is ripe; otherwise, syringing may be discontinued when the Peaches and Nectarines commence to soften, preparatory to ripening/'

In the time of gathering fruits, it may be well to remember the following, from Tusser:

"Forget it not, Fruit bruised will rot. Light ladder, and long, Doth the least wrong. Go, gather with skill, And gather that will." Hood thus apostrophises OCTOBER.

" I saw old Autumn, in the misty morn, Stand shadowless, like Silence, listening To Silence, for no lonely bird would sing Into bis hollow ear, from woods forlorn, Nor lowly hedge, nor solitary thorn: - Shaking his languid locks, all dewy bright With tangled gossamer, that fell by night, Pearling his coronet of golden corn"