OUR MOUNTAIN GARDEN 



them. But all those that prefer fall sow- 

 ing, and need the frosts of winter to crack 

 their outer shells, and the long period of 

 spring moisture to open and swell the 

 hearts within, sprouted and came up, and 

 the following spring I had such an array 

 of roses, elders, poppies, and miscellaneous 

 seedlings of all kinds that I knew not 

 what to do with them. 



It will be remembered that the narrow 

 strip below the wall had been sparsely 

 planted with alternate wild clematis and 

 scarlet geraniums. But now that I had 

 seedlings of my own raising, I looked with 

 scorn upon such a makeshift as tender 

 greenhouse products raised by some one 

 else. So I widened the strip and planted 

 it as full as possible of the precious seed- 

 lings, wholly regardless of what they would 

 grow to by and by, or of the colours or 

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