The gardener's cottage at this place is of a beautiful design and finish, consisting of eight rooms, all large and convenient. It has a hall-way six feet wide and stairs in centre. It is a frame cottage, painted light and relieved by darker colors. Mr. Singerley evidently did not forget to provide comfortable quarters where a gardener, as well as another man, can live and die happily. Gentlemen's places are rather few and far between in this section, and you would suppose gardeners, too, but my friend drove me to a place about two miles from him, owned by a Philadelphia family named Gilbert. This place is about two miles from anywhere, but it is a very nice, retired part of the country; it is for sale, the owner not taking much interest in it. It is well shaded, and has a splendid variety of evergreens, and there are two fair-sized greenhouses, and a gardener who has lived there 14 years. They say, " Birds of a feather flock to. gether." I was surprised to meet two or three other gardeners there, from a distance, with horses and carriage. They make a practice of meeting at each other's places every week or so. Some of them were musical gardeners, who sang and played on the piano.

Moody's and Sankey's hymns were sung, it being Sunday; but I guess on any other day they sing. "Drive dull care away," for I must say they were the most jovial and good-natured lot of fellows I ever met, and as happy as sand-boys. They all hoped they would see me again some day, and I hope so too, for a more pleasant time I have not spent for many a long day. Pencoyd, Montgomery Co., Pa.