This morning we passed a whole field full of cardinal flowers. We picked some beautiful ones, which are now bathing in the spring. When riding here, we see such different sights from what we do in the North. There are such beautiful tall pines here. They grow up fifty or sixty feet before putting out any branches. The sweet gum-tree, too, is very pretty. In the distance it looks like a maple. We often see wild grape-vines covering trees, the stems as large at the bottom as my two fists. The English ivy seems to like this climate, too, for when it is planted by the side of a tree, it grows way up into the branches, and almost covers the whole tree sometimes. The passion flower grows in the fields here. Leila is just eating her last oat, so we must be starting. I suppose my next stopping place will be Talladega. Good-bye. From your loving niece, LAURA P. H. * * * * * RECEIPTS FOR AUGUST, 1878. * * * * * MAINE, $279.20 Augusta. ESTATE of Mrs. Mary B. Buxton, by Samuel Titcomb, Ex. 200.00 Bangor. First Ch. 7.80 Bath. Isaiah Percy $5; Beulah B. Percy $3; Eliza Bowker $3 11.00 Bethel. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00 Brewer. First Ch. $6 and Sab. Sch. $2 8.00 Ellsworth. Mrs. L. T. Phelps and daughter 12.00 Falmouth. P. N. Marston 6.40 Lebanon. S. D. L. 1.00 North Anson. “A Friend” 5.00 Saco. D. J. 1.00 Winthrop. Mrs. E. H. N. 1.00 York. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.00 NEW HAMPSHIRE, $259.35.