OUR MOUNTAIN GARDEN 



vated to a very limited extent, and it is 

 useless to put flowers into it which are not 

 hardy enough to fight their own battles. 



Plants are a good deal like people, and 

 they know perfectly well what they want, 

 and where they want to be, and if you put 

 them where they are discontented, they 

 must be coaxed and pampered all the time, 

 or they simply will not try. On the other 

 hand, if they like the place they find them- 

 selves in, they will flourish under almost 

 total neglect. I often think, in all serious- 

 ness, that the scientists of the future will 

 discover that plants have something which 

 corresponds to the senses of the human 

 being, and perhaps even to his mind. I 

 constantly meet with acts on the part of 

 weeds and flowers which I can account for 

 on no other hypothesis. For instance, it is 

 no uncommon thing to find a weed tucked 

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