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sary, and the time I could spare for personal super 

 vision was exhausted long before the work of trans 

 planting was accomplished. It was necessary, there 

 fore, to leave Patrick to his own unaided resources, 

 with such advice and instruction as it was probable 

 he would appreciate. 



He evinced his usual enthusiasm and self-reliance, 

 and within a few days arrived at my city residence 

 with a wagon full of what the books termed &quot; bed 

 ding plants,&quot; and assured me he &quot; had the likes of 

 that three times over.&quot; The labor of carrying a hun 

 dred pots full of earth up four nights of stairs is ex 

 cessive ; and ere Patrick s reserve was exhausted, I 

 was much the same myself. Nevertheless, persever 

 ance conquered, and we finally transported the last 

 pot, managing to break less than a dozen on the way. 

 Unfortunately, some of Patrick s trips were made 

 during a cold snap that we had, and it is possible 

 that the frost slightly damaged the plants, which did 

 not seem exactly healthy when they arrived. There 

 were some among them that I did not recognize ac 

 curately, and one in particular looked so strange, 

 that I inquired of Patrick what it was. In answer 

 to my question, he scratched his head for a second, 

 poked his finger under the stunted foliage, peered in 

 among the leaves inquiringly, and finally said au- 



