While writing to-day, a lady of more than ordinary observation, asked: "Do these expensive catalogues pay ? The same things over and over again.; and as for the new things, they are so frequently not as represented, that I pay but little attention to them. Why don't the seedsmen get up something that will tell us how to manage our garden, how to get the most and best for the least money ; and then, too, if they would tell people the various uses of vegetables. and how to cook them, a good work would be done".

This is my opinion to the letter. The catalogue of the day is not the publication wanted; it is the old, old story, cheaply displayed, and not half told. Give us a plain list of vegetables, fruits and flowers, unadorned with high colors and illustrations of things we have known for years, but full of information as to methods of culture, and how best to prepare and cook the vegetables after we get them. There are hundreds of ways of cooking vegetables that the masses know nothing about. Tell people all about these things, and they will not only read the catalogue, but buy liberally of what is offered. - C. L. A.