I read with much interest and satisfaction, in the August Monthly, page 232, Mr. H. B. Ell-wanger's remarks on the Manetti Rose. I have known of considerable use being made of the Manetti, in London nurseries, and have experimented enough to prove the stock to be of great advantage in certain cases, explained so well by the above named gentleman.

I would like to make some remarks on another matter. Some time ago I read an article headed, "The Horse Everybody Wants." This, of course, had reference to breeding and training the right kind of saleable animals. It suggested to me, "A Gardener Everybody Wants." The former must be bred and trained by man, the latter must train himself to be a practical working gardener. The qualifications he may soon find out. From my own experience, few "kid glove" gardeners are kept in the United States; the demand being for working, industrious men.

I think you will find most of the successful horticulturists in the old and new world have been great workers. This applies to every other branch of business. Is not skilful manual labor continually rising in value? The late President Garfield is quoted as saying; " If industry is not genius it is the next thing to it." I have thought sometimes that, in this progressive age, manual labor is much undervalued. Do not the young generation of gardeners need to learn to wash pots quickly and well, to manage fires economically and well, to dig ground well, to whet a scythe, to grade a piece of ground, to cultivate and crop garden or field systematically, and in order? Begin low down and rise, remembering to do a full amount of work, as well as to do it in the right way. Industry is a neccessary quality in all who work for a living. If we take a full week or month's pay, for less than that amount of work, it is not honest. A gardener generally gets, or should get, wages according to quality and quantity of his work.

A gardener that everybody wants must be reliable, trust-worthy and having the employer's confidence.