CHAPTER VI 



ELEMENTARY PRUNING 



A ND now I must return once more 

 -^- to the first little elderberry seeds 

 which sprouted at the beginning of all 

 things, and taught me such a valuable 

 lesson at the start. For their usefulness 

 was not ended then by any means. 



It will be remembered that I planted 

 them around the porch and they waxed 

 strong and tall. So tall in fact that 

 presently they cut off our view of every- 

 thing beyond their own green branches. 

 So I pruned them down several times a 

 season, in order to keep them out of the 

 way, wondering year after year why they 



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