OUR MOUNTAIN GARDEN 



low pan or dish filled with sand covered 

 with water, which is kept constantly in the 

 sunlight for from ten to twenty days, each 

 little twig thus treated will send forth roots 

 and become an independent plant. This 

 was an enchanting prospect for one with 

 such an expanse of empty bed to be colo- 

 nized, so I again set forth on a pillaging ex- 

 pedition ; but this time it was not seeds, 

 but twigs, that I was after, and wherever I 

 went the "tail of my eye" was always 

 alert to spy out the tender shoots on every 

 shrub which could be broken off for, it 

 seems, they must be tender enough to be 

 broken, not cut, if the experiment is to be 

 successful. At least this is the rule, 

 though I confess that I was not always 

 careful to observe it, being loath to leave 

 good twigs behind merely because they 

 were a little tough. These twigs were 

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