The folly of many gardeners' claim and practice that the manufactured fertilizers are inferior to stable manures for the production of fine vegetables is repeatedly proven by their more skillful and less prejudiced brethren, but never more thoroughly than by two Long Island gardeners last season. A sample cauliflower received by the Editor in November, grown by Messrs. R. G. Overton and E. Willis Horton at Southold, on the Mapes manures exclusively, was certainly the finest we ever tasted. The specimen was of the largest size, a solid mass of beautiful white, free from any suspicion of irregularity. When cooked and served in the usual way, it was found to be delicately tender and deliciously flavored, not a tough fibre in the head These growers are only two among many gardeners who continuously employ chemical manures in raising vegetables of the finest quality, which, therefore, command the highest market prices. Secretary Baker, of New York, lays great stress on the extra quality of radishes, beets, carrots and all other vegetables grown on fertilizers, and the prices he obtains for his products are the envy of many less progressive gardeners. - E. H. L.