THE SECRET OF CUTTINGS 



brought home, most of their leaves 

 trimmed off, and then they were stuck into 

 the pan of wet sand, and placed in a sunny 

 window according to the directions. 



No one, who has not tried this method 

 of rooting slips hi an ordinary house, has 

 any adequate realization of the rapidity 

 with which the sun swings over the sky, 

 or the difficulty of carrying out the appar- 

 ently simple instruction to " keep the 

 clippings in the sun ; " and the following 

 month was mainly spent in mad endeavour 

 to keep the sun shining continuously on 

 that wretched pan. No sooner had I 

 propped it up on chairs and stools in 

 one window, than off would move the 

 sun behind a tree or over an awning, 

 and necessitate the construction of a new 

 scaffold of furniture at a different height 

 or angle to catch his fleeting glances at 

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