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OUR ARM- CHAIR. our lady readers take the greatest pleasure. Spring is the WHAT THE NEWSPAPERS SAY OF " PETERSON."-The pre- time for action, and now all the preparations must be made sent volume of " Peterson's Magazine" seems to be the for the coming season. In the March number we gave a most popular ever published. Not only has the circulation few hints on the cultivation of flowers from seed; the same increased over that of 1866, but private letters, and the directions will apply to this month, only that the more newspapers everywhere, speak of its merits in the most hardy kinds can now be sown in the open borders, selecting glowing terms. We owe it to our subscribers, we think, to a warm and sheltered spot, and observing that the soil is quote some of these notices, in order that they may realize thoroughly dug and pulverized ; if of a clayey nature, how editors, who see all the magazines, estimate " Peter- lighten with sand or leaf-mould from the woods. In son." We have hundreds of these notices, but cannot covering the seeds, be careful not to cover too deep. afford room for more than a few. Says the Washington • In addition to the annual flowers, there is a large and (Ohio) Register: " There is more given for $2.00, by ' Peter- interesting class of plants known as Bedding Plants, which son,' than by any other magazine." Says the Montezuma are indispensable for a succession ofbloom, and add to the (Iowa) Republican : " Peterson for March is superb. For beauty and interest of the flower-garden. We have made splendid engravings, fashion-plates, and the very best of up assortments of these, together with other suitable and original stories, it has no rival in the country." Says the desirable plants. These assortments have given very geneBluffton (Ind.) Banner: "It is the best Magazine, for the ral satisfaction in former seasons, and are packed in such price, ever published." Says the Hopkinsville (Ky.) Con- a careful and compact manner as to carry safely by express servative: "Contains more for the money than any maga- to great distances. Very satisfactory letters have been rezine published." Says the Dowagiac (Mich.) Republican : { ceived from distant States, such as Georgia, South Carolina, "Its circulation in this section is greater than all the other Tennessee, Iowa, Missouri, expressing admiration at the ladies' magazines together." The Greenville (Ohio) Jour- careful manner in which the plants were packed, and their nal says : " Its corps of contributors is composed of the fresh and beautiful condition when received. The followbest authors. Every lady should take Peterson." The ing is the assortment offered for Ten Dollars, about one-half Columbus (Ohio) Gazette says : " The fashion-plate is a the usual cost when selected from a florist's catalogue. Ten Everblooming Roses ; twelve Verbenas ; one Coleus splendid one, and the patterns, designs, etc., are unusually numerous and valuable. As ' Peterson' is but $2.00 a year, Verschaffeltii, one Achyranthus Verschaffeltii, one Canna, it certainly will be pronounced the cheapest of the maga- one Variety Sweet Alyssum, (Ornamental Foliage Plants ;) zines." Says the Jefferson (Iowa) Era : " It is the best two Heliotropes ; four Fuchsias, single and double ; four Magazine published for the price." The Palla (Iowa) Blade Petunias, single and double; four Lantanas ; two Snapsays: "Peterson is charming: it gives more for the money, dragons ; two Ageratum; four Pansies ; one Blue Sage ; one and of better quality, than any other ladies' magazine." Scarlet Sage ; four Geraniums, assorted ; one Gazania SplenSays the Mt. Vernon ( Ill.) Unionist : " Every family in the dens ; one Pampas Grass ; four Double Dahlias ; four Gladioland should take, at least, one copy." The Neillsville lus, choice ; four Tiger Flowers; four Iris Germanica ; four (Wis.) Advocate says : " It presents, this year, if possible, Chrysanthemums ; two Violets ; two Pinks; two Monthly still greater attractions than heretofore. It is just one of Carnations ; one Clematis Flamula, hardy climbers ; one the best Magazines for family reading that is now pub- Lemon Verbena ; two Maurandias, one Lophospermum, lished." Says the South Union (Ind.) Bend : " A young two Thunbergias, (summer climbers.) One-half the above man who wishes to make an appropriate present to alady, assortment, (including package,) $6.00 . A One Dollar package of flower-seeds, (as described in should subscribe for Peterson's Magazine for her." Such universal testimony to the superiority of this Magazine is the March number,) with the above plants, will give all not to be disregarded. We will finish by saying, that we the flowers desired in a moderate-sized garden. DREER'S intend, for 1867 , to make " Peterson" more brilliant than GARDEN CALENDAR, FOR 1867, contains select lists of seeds ever. We are giving more reading matter, and, we be- and plants, with directions for their cultivation, and will lieve, even better stories, fashion-plates, steel engravings, be mailed to all who enclose a postage-stamp. HENRY A. DREER, Address, etc., etc., than heretofore. Seedsman and Florist, 714 Chestnut St., Philada. SMALL HOOPS, FOR DANCING, are now the fashion; and a very sensible fashion it is! The most acceptable hoops are J. W. Bradley's. CROCHET STITCHES , ETC. THE PRICES OF BOOKS, noticed in this Magazine, will be IMPLEMENTS FOR CROCHET.-A needle of ivory-bone, or given, in future, as far as possible, at the end of each no- steel, with a hook at the end; whatever the material, the tice. We do this at the request of numerous subscribers. hook should be rounded at the end, and quite free from sharpness. WE DO NOT UNDERTAKE to return rejected communicaPOSITION OF THE HANDS IN CROCHET.-The crochet-hook tions. Authors, desiring to have copies of their stories, or is held lightly in the right hand, between the thumb and poems, should keep duplicates. the fore-finger. The hook should be kept in a horizontal position, never twisted round in the fingers. The work is A LADY WRITES to us that two things are indispensable held close to the last stitch, between the thumb and forein her household : " Peterson's Magazine, and the Florence finger of the left hand ; the thread, crossing the fore and Sewing-Machine." middle-fingers of that hand, is held firmly between the latter and the third, and a space of about an inch is maintained between the fore and second fingers. A very slight HORTICULTURAL . motion of the left wrist, by which the second and third FLOWERS FOR THE GARDEN.- One of the most gratifying fingers are drawn back, suffices to lay the thread over the signs of the times, is the increasing interest manifested hook, and then a movement of the thumb and fore-finger everywhere in Horticulture; it is one of the unmistakable toward the middle one forms the thread so laid into a new evidences of civilization and refinement; and there is no chain-stitch. Thus, the chain-stitch is made without any occupation fraught with so many pleasures to old and movement ofthe right hand, which not only gives a much young, rich or poor, as gardening. We shall endeavor, by more elegant appearance to the hands, but also enables occasional hints in these columns, to awaken an interest the lady to work much faster than she would ifboth hands on the subject of flower-gardening, in which, most properly, were constantly moving.
