OUR MOUNTAIN GARDEN 



for its stalks were six feet high and bore 

 a collective crop of one hundred and fifty 

 blossoms ! Each cardinal plant was now 

 a family, with a dozen grandchildren 

 growing at its feet, and, in short, my 

 plantings had thriven and multiplied so 

 well that I had now enough plants of 

 each kind to fill the bed which had waited 

 empty so long. Each plant was care- 

 fully lifted, and divided at the roots into 

 its component plants or bulbs. A pleasant 

 new place was made for the reception of 

 these in the following manner. First a 

 hole was dug about a foot deep, into this 

 was put a layer of manure, a layer of 

 dead leaves, and one of earth ; then came 

 the bulb, eight inches below the surface, 

 and the rest of the hole was filled up with 

 earth and topped with a good sprinkling 

 of manure and a mulch of leaves. It 

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