In one of the recent Western fruit meetings an essayist commences with saying: "Pruning, according to Dr. Warder, is done in summer for fruit, and in winter for wood." Now, as these principles of practice have been recited long before Dr. Warder was, we can but consider the object of this essayist to amuse himself a little at the expense of the good Doctor, for he, the essayist, is regarded as a well-read man, and, in the Yankee sense, "smart." It is barely possible he, like some others, is disposed to make a god of any one who tickles him under a certain rib.

A Little Funny #1

Under this head we wrote a short paragraph in our February number, to which exception has been taken by the essayist there referred to. He considers that our quotation was unfair because of the words. We wrote, " according to Dr. Warder," and he says we should have added, " and others," which we now do. As no other names have yet been used, we continue by saying the essayist considers our remarks as making him the cause, although innocent, of a slur upon Dr. Warder. Now, we beg most respectfully to say, that we had no desire or thought of casting a slur upon Dr. Warder; and although having no personal acquaintance, yet we with the essayist "consider him a gentleman of ability, attainments, and genial friendship," and we count the essayist as one of our most valuable and capable horticulturists; but when we read the essay, the few head-lines seemed so much like giving credit to one man by name over others of equal capacity, who had introduced the principles before that man was created, that on the spur of thought we wrote our paragraph.