The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-05-03

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slider of great value. In rich soils there is
too much danger of having more leaves than
fruit. - H r,7
GROWING PorAToEs FROM SEED BALL
ron account of the very great prevalence ot
the disease in his potato crop, Mr.. Thomas
Russell, of the Bewdly Gas works, thought
he would try the experiment to grow n crop
from the potato bali. Three years ago, he
planted some of the seed, Which turned out
\ about the size of large peas the first season.
He planted those in drills, the next year,
and on gathering the produce he found it
good sized potatoes for planting This
year, the third, he has reaped goodly har-
vest of seven varieties, chiefly of the kidney
kind, amounting to nearly fifteen bags, the
whole of which are perfectly free from dis
ease, although planted under the same old
garden soil as the sets which under the old
system of planting always produced dis
eased crops. -d1t ri ~
HoME-TREEs, VINES AND sFLowERs.-A
cultivated mind wants q beautiful home.
What makes beautiful home7 1t is not
wealth It Is not honors; it is not power; it
is not wisdom, learning, or talent for have
seen all these in homes disgusting to the
fullest extent. 1t is that which is around
and within our homes that makes them
beautiful-the evidence of taste, refinement,
and culture, A home to be really beautiful
must have something about it; without this
it cannot be TASTEFUL and. therefore pleasant.
Trees, if properly arranged, are great beau
titiers of home. They are SO natural, so
graceful to the eye, so musical to the ear,
so excellent an evidence of taste that none
without them scarcely deserves the mamie.
Butt would not have tQo many treesIjpst
enough to form spriEht1y contrast between
sunshine and shade'y between heat and cold.
But trees are not enough, there should he
vines, an abundance of vines. To me a
home without vines wears look of desola-
vOHyS y,rrvry
grow so thriftily, bloom 80 prOfusely, and
may be trailed into SO many fantastic shapes
that I cannot think how any one could help
loving them. IF there should chance to be
an unsightly object about the house, as a
great stone, o coarse wall or @ rough fence,
start your vines over it, and 1t Will not De
long till thOse' who turned away from the
disagreeab1e scene in disgust Will pause at
every passage and look upon it with admi-
ration. once knew Q man to rent o house
at low figures because nobody wanted 1t on
account of large pile of rough stones being
in the yard. He rounded up the heap, placed
vase on the top of it, and then planted
vines SO that they covered all sides. AS
consequence everybody was after the place
the next year, and the price of rent was
more than doubled. In addition to vines,
there should be flowers. There are inches
for them close along the walls, beside the
doors, under the windows, in corners of the
fences OF walls, and hundred other places.
The effect is good to have them every place
where they could be expected to have them
in many places where they are not expected,
makes it only better. Sprinkle them pro-
fHseIy, and yet orderly to give an idea to
finish. Let the order be q kind Of careless
one, SO as to avoid presenting an unnatural
and, consequently, disagreeable stiffness.
How coald there be a home without flowers 2
Let every woman, every child with tiny
hand and growing taste, plant flowers in
the little hooks and corners and by-places
that would otherwise be unoccupied. Who
does not love to see them! I care not how
rough or how lOwythe beholder, their angel
faces looking up in his will send at least a
thrill of pleasure to his heart.
He may not even know the cause himself,
but he will be sure to experience the effect.
Did you never, While walking along, feel a
sudden gladness which you were unable to
account for 1t was produced by an uncon-
scious glance at something that was pleas
ing to the sight. This is what mean. He
may not be intending to notice flowers, yet
they will make him glad. They make all
glad who behold them. If you should get
into an angry mood, go at once into your
have one, go into somebody else's. 1t is an
remedy 1 have tried it myself,
ard, therefore, prescribe knowingly.
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