30 DOMESTIC GARDENING. which he holds with the great Teacher through his works, the dross of meaner things is forgotten, and he rises in the social scale of being, a wiser and a better man for home, for country, for eternity. To cultivate the gems that drop from Flora's wings is a luxury to the greatest as well as the humblest; but that the annual feast of nature's fulness is neglected by many, we regret. It is a painful consideration, that thousands of our industrious toilers in the hives of British labour, and who earn great salaries, are unobservant of Nature or her changing looks, which are ever imparting untaxed lessons. In some of our large towns, the garden allotment system has been carried out on an extensive scale, and in no one instance has the plan been without beneficial results; but numerous instances might be recorded of the wasteful and improvident head of a family being reclaimed from sottishness and folly, by such an employment for his Home Thoughts." Instead of spending his time on the Saturday evening in throwing away the earnings of his week's industry in a skittle-alley or public-house, you find him with his children in the garden; and often has it been our gratification, as the summer sun travelled to the west, to see the provident mechanic gathering the rich produce of his garden-perhaps for sale among his more indolent and thoughtless neighbours, or for his own Sabbath-day dinner; such a picture is worth looking at. "Oh, passing sweet, to mark the cautious space Of slow returning Spring! e'en from the time When first the mature apricot urfolds Her tender bloom, till the full orchard glows; From when the gooseberry first ho vs a leaf, Till the high wood is clad, and the broad oak Yields to the fly-stung ox a shade at noon." But if our admiration of the garden-allotment system has been more than usually gratified, it was to find employers portioning out land for their workmen, and offering prizes for the best produce of flowers, fruit, and vegetables. This, in some of the larger manufacturing "world's workshops," has been found to be a step in the right direction. It lessens the gulf between master and man; when the factory gate closes, the employer's eye is not closed upon the industrious servant; but often in the mellow evening twilight they may be seen together in the garden, mutually discoursing on the bloom of spring flowers, or the mature fruits of autumn. This is humanizing, and deserves the consideration of the wealthy mill-owner, who has great numbers of men in his service, and from whom might be counted too great a portion of those, who when the hour of labour ends, for want of better employment, mate with the vicious, and lay the foundation of poverty, premature old age, and their closing scene in the poor-house. Now, this man was called away from the com pany of the vicious and profane of his own order by taking a small plot of garden ground on the allotment system. He soon began to excel in the cultivation of flowers; he was encouraged by those of his wealthier neighbours who admired floriculture and its votaries; he enlarged his al lotment, plenty crowned his endeavours; erentually, he forsook the dark mine for the garden, and now, he has a fruit and flower-garden of many acres! a happy man, a good citizen, and an example to all his less worthy neighbours. As we have already observed, one very important point in the management of a garden, is the plant-food; or, to speak more plainly, the nature of the soil, and the local position for air and light. As regards the operations of the present month, a great deal depends upon the weather; still, should the rainy and otherwise unfavourable aspects prevent the sowing (in sheltered situations), of the dahlia seed for fresh sorts,-mignonette, stocks, and other hardy and half-hardy annuals, yet they may be brought forward in boxes, and shielded for the time, until a more genial sun looks down upon your efforts. All bordering work must be attended to this month; and after you have cut down the large bunches of chrysanthemums that appeared for some time to hang their beauteous heads, as in contemplative mood, on the almost utter loneliness of their position; and when your borders are neatly cropped, and other gatherings made of dead and withering materials, lay the whole across your tulip beds for a season; and as we may expect a coat of snow now and then, or chilling and continuous rains, ere the voice of the cuckoo is heard in the valleys; this will not only be a protection against severe frost, but in moist weather will contribute a vegetable richness to the soil, of great value to the future blooms. No opportunity must be lost, when the weather is mild and open, to sow Lisbon beans and early peas. Should you be desirous to get in the lettuces of various kinds, such as the Florence, Green Cos, or Cabbage, take especial care that your border is beneath a southern wall: if this is not within your means, use a hand-glass, and make no attempt to transplant your rising family from thence, until genial weather declares your safety in so doing. Whatever is done during this season of nature's interregnum, the gardener must have a watchful eye to flooding rains, or preventive frosts; and we would also warn him against unwise propagation of vegetables or flowers, through the means of hot-bed and stove, lest his stock put forth untimely bloom, and the weather prevent him from carrying forward such precocity. As the science of gardening in detail has been skilfully elucidated by proficient and highly accomplished disciples of Linnæus, so that the humblest amateur has every chance of improving his stock of knowledge on that head-and with the choice, too, of a variety of authors-we cordially invite our readers to consider the argument we have advanced in favour of such a pursuit for leisure hours; and for counsel or advice our pages shall be open to them, in which the cultivation of a general love of improvement in every branch of social and intellectual progress shall be maintained, but where no room will be found for those frivolous matters, that would not benefit our Travelling in a northern county, we visited the residence of a popular gardener and seedsman; and a very pleasant associate for a spare hour we found this son of Linnæus to be; but to our astonishment, we learnt that a great portion of his life had been spent as a coal miner, and the trace of such employment was to be found in the blue life-marks on his cheek and hands, such as generally give a distinguishing feature to the physiognomy of colliers; he had also suffered the loss of an eye, when blasting for coal in the pits." Home Thoughts." USEFUL RECEIPTS. USEFUL RECEIPTS. 31 a-spoonful of powdered sugar; the yolks of two eggs. Mix the rice and milk together, set it on the fire until boiling, then draw it to the side, let it simmer very gently for a short time, then take it off and beat well with a wooden spoon until it is of the consistence of smooth paste; then add the eggs, mixed with the other ingredients; have ready a buttered pie-dish, pour in the whole; bake in a moderate oven. An excellent Salve for Chapped Lips-Half-an ounce of spermaceti, to one ounce of white wax and a teacupful of salad oil. First slice the spermaceti and white wax into a pipkin, add the oil, and set it on the trivet, or in a cool oven; stir it from time to time until it is thoroughly dissolved. Should it harden more than you wish it to do, add a little more oil, and melt it again. On the contrary, if it is too soft, a little more wax must be added; then stir into it a small portion of the oil of roses, and it is ready for use. Apply as the case demands. [As this portion of our Miscellany is intended especially for the thrifty housewife, we invite a friendly competition on the part of such ladies as feel interested in disseminating the useful in matters of this kind; and when it is considered that it is for the welfare of the great social family we insert our string of Useful Receipts, we trust our motives will find a response in all rightly constituted minds. We are satisfied, that to a great extent, the most popular Receipt-books are mere verbiage; and the useful in practice is too frequently beclouded with very unnecessary ornamental diction. We are particularly anxious to receive from our fair correspondents such receipts as can be made available for the purposes of Domestic Economy; and we trust they will be as much as possible original, and written by prac-acquainted may be made with an ox-head. Havtical parties then, we doubt not, our efforts in this department will be crowned with success.] Boiled Lemon Pudding.-Five ounces of grated bread, four ounces of white sugar, three ounces of beef suet, the juice and rind of two lemons, and two eggs. Mix all together, boil it in a mould one hour and a quarter; brandy for sauce. Ornament the pudding with stripes of lemon round the mould. Novel method of mixing a Salad.-Take a small spoonful each of mustard, sugar, and salt, a pinch of pepper, two table-spoonfuls of vinegar, and one of salad oil; lettuces to suit. Add, according to taste, cress and radishes; take especial care that the lettuces be wiped dry, or the water they contain will spoil your mixture-and on no account omit the sugar. Purifying Liquid for Freckles.-Two ounces and a half of pure water, one teaspoonful of liquor of potass; a few drops of eau de Cologne. Mix the whole well together, and apply it several times a day with a soft hair brush, or the finest old linen; the freckles will gradually disappear. Avoid touching them with the finger-nail, or any irritating material. Adulterated Tea.-Place two table-spoonsful of liquid ammonia, and half the quantity of water in a stopped phial, introduce a tea-spoonful of the leaves into it; shake the phial, and if the least portion of copper be present, the fluid will become of a fine blue; or the tea thus adulterated will blacken water impregnated with sulphuretted hydrogen gas. The celebrated Liverpool or Everton Toffee.Place a quarter of a pound of fresh butter in a pipkin, and melt it over a slow fire, add a pound of coarse sugar, and stir them well together, keep them over the fire for ten or twelve minutes; try its consistence by dropping into cold water until it is hard. When it hardens in the water, pour the whole into tin-dishes or moulds, or earthen plates covered with fine writing-paper well rubbed with butter. When cold, it is ready for use. Soufflet Rice Pudding-One ounce of ground rice, half-a-pint of milk, half-an-ounce of butter, a little lemon-peel cut thin, very little salt, half An admirable Stew.-One of the most excellent as well as economical stews with which we are have been removed) put it over night in a stew- Roasted Turkey.-The turkey must be trussed with the liver and gizzard in the wings, as for boiling. The stuffing for the crop is made thus:Rasp some of the lean of a boiled ham, shred some of the fat very small; chop very small about double the quantity of raw veal, and beat all together in a mortar, with some chopped shalots, parsley, a little lemon-thyme, and the crumb of a stale roll; season it well with pepper and salt, and bind it with an egg. Sew up the crop, cover the breast part with paper, and roast for two hours, basting well all the time. It must then be dredged, browned, and nicely frothed up, and served up with a rich gravy and bread sauce. Prince Albert's Pudding.-Beat to cream halfa-pound of fresh butter, and mix with it, by dried and sifted; add to these, after they have degrees, an equal quantity of pounded loaf-sugar, been well beaten together, first the yolks and then the whites of five fresh eggs, which have been thoroughly whisked apart; now strew lightly in half-a-pound of the finest flour, dried and sifted, and, last of all, half-a-pound of jar raisins, weighed after they are stoned. Put these ingredients, perfectly mixed, into a well-buttered mould, or floured cloth, and boil the pudding three hours; serve it with punch sauce. recommend a little pounded mace, or the grated rind of a small lemon, to vary the flavour of this excellent pudding, and that when a mould is used, slices of candied-peel should be laid rather thickly over it after it is buttered. Observe. Fresh butter, pounded sugar, flour, stoned raisins, each half-a-pound, eggs five; boil the pudding three hours. We TO CORRESPONDENTS. CORRESPONDENTS. FOR the guidance of all who may favour us with their communications, we insert the following notice :-Lengthy manuscripts will be rejected, no matter their value or by whom written; nor can we undertake to return brief articles. Papers will be eligible bearing a fictitious signature, but the authors' names and addresses must be given (confidentially) to the Editor. It is particularly requested that articles for insertion be written in a clear legible hand, and on one side of the paper only, heading and numbering the MS., so that there may be no chance of a stray leaf being mixed up with other papers, and thus mislaid, lost, or causing other inconveniences to the author or the editor. As we shall be ready at all times to favour the correspondence of parties who may hold through this medium a controversial position on matters that will interest our readers as well as themselves, all letters must be prepaid, and their weight looked to previously to posting, as we shall not undertake to pay the deficiencies arising from such neglect, and the letter will be refused. All who attend to the strict conformity of these regulations, will find their communications attended to, and questions of minor importance will not be forgotten among those of greater in are private communication; and such as we obliged to postpone until next month, will then receive respectful attention. R. D.-We thank our Liverpool friend for the suggestion contained in his kind letter, and if he will forward the MSS. they shall have our immediate attention. The same answer applies to several others, more particularly to G. Menzies Brown; R. L., of Dundee; B. S., Warwick; N. A. Jones, Nottingham; Mary S., Dublin; B. Hayrenves, Bradford; L. Tomlinson, Seaford; and M. Y., Exeter. N. LANDON, Trowbridge.-The essay is received and shall have early attention. The Avon of your native valley is favoured by nature in the pleasant course it takes in journeying towards the English Channel; but, right royally speaking, the king Avon is the stream that wanders from Naseby to Stoneleigh Abbey and Warwick Castle, and, after gliding alongside the churchyard where Shakspere sleeps, finds its way to the Severn. B. J. WILLIAMS, Birmingham.-We cannot be In answerable for the return of stray verses. answer to his question, we beg to inform him that the father of Chatterton was a chorister in the Cathedral of Bristol, and the unfortunate poet was born in that town. He was educated at Colston's Charity School. It was in London that he died by his own hand, the 24th of August, 1770. LUCY M. T., Glasgow.-We shall be happy to receive this lady's promised aid in the department to which she alludes. Our instructions in embroidery and crochet will be such as cannot fail to give universal satisfaction, emanating as they do from a lady whose fame is not only unrivalled in the British metropolis, but is echoed by the polite circles of continental Europe, and throughout the Address-To the Editor of "Home Thoughts," to answer L. M. T. on the subject of her biograIt shall be our pleasure large cities of America. terest. 92, Goswell Street, London. We had no sooner announced the appearance of our serial, than communications crowded upon us, even from the most distant parts of the United Kingdom. We are pleased to inform our readers that some of the master spirits of the age will be employed to infuse the light of truth and beauty through the pages of our "Home Thoughts." Conversing lately with a gentleman who holds a high position in the literary circles of London (and whose knowledge of general literature, periodical and otherwise, renders an opinion or observation from such a source of more than common value,) on the subject of pandering to a morbid taste when catering for the million, he said, "Never let us write down to the people; but at all times, influencing their taste by examples of moral and intellectual excellence, invite them up to us." This shall never be lost sight of in the management of our miscellany of literary and useful material-a hint we deem necessary to all our contributors, as in no case will the position of an author purchase our favour or a blind subservience to error and worthlessness; we shall, without partiality, reject everything but the true gold. It would be next to impossible that the numerous friends who have sent us their Home Thoughts on the various features of our undertaking, or placed questions in our hands that will require mature consideration, can be one and all replied to at present-many have already received a phical research, and there need be little doubt that we can instantly relieve the difficulty she complains of; but we must request that she will be more particular in future when proper names and places are left to the mercy of her random pen; the context may assist us in understanding continuous matter, but to decipher the names of persons, towns, rivers, &c., when carelessly written, leaves a doubt that ought not to be allowed in articles intended for the press. N. B. W., Preston, Lancashire.-The manuscript was returned with a due regard to right principles. The palpable geographical errors of our correspondent would have been sufficient reason for its rejection; and to set his judgment right we beg to inform him that when laying the groundwork of his "tale" he ought to have known that Dieppe is a seaport town of France, in the department of Lower Seine, and that it was bombarded by the English in 1694; and again, that the English town most directly opposite to it is Brighton. We refrain from running over the glaring errors of N. B. in the general outlay of his materials, and can only add, that to give publicity to such a perpetration would not only be the means of bringing ridicule upon "Home Thoughts," but the author, who particularly requested that his full address should be given with the article, would have done himself a serious injury. There is talent in our Preston correspondent, but he must be strictly correct when writing on matters of fact-such as geographical position, historical data, &c. 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