OUR MOUNTAIN GARDEN 



and means that it has had to give its mind 

 to something else. Still worse is the sign 

 when leaves turn yellow or brown, curl 

 up, and drop off. Then you may know 

 your plant is sick, and must diagnose its 

 case and find a remedy quickly, or you will 

 lose it. And this holds good with every 

 green thing, from the tiniest plant to the 

 tallest tree. The leaves are always its 

 expression of well-being or its signal of 

 distress ; one must never disregard their 

 messages. 



My success in rooting cuttings in sand, 

 water, and sunlight encouraged me so 

 much that I kept my little pan travelling 

 from window to window all summer long. 

 A short interval came, however, when I 

 was called from home for several weeks, 

 and the very day before I started a friend 

 brought me a little bunch of the most prom- 

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