OUR MOUNTAIN GARDEN 



the sufferings of the worms are brief, for 

 one wiggle is all they have time to give 

 before their little corpses sink unresistingly 

 to the bottom of the pail. It is not enough, 

 however, to go over a bush once in order to 

 clear it of worms or insects, but it must be 

 done every few days, the whole summer 

 through, or, at least, until there is not so 

 much as the ghost of one of them left. 

 Otherwise when the following summer comes 

 they resurrect, and one has it all to do over 

 again, for just one healthy pair of insects 

 will supply eggs enough on the shrub of 

 their choice to colonize the whole garden. 

 This is discouraging, but the labour of 

 fighting worms and insects is immensely 

 lightened by calling in a goodly company 

 of birds. 



At Felsengarten we take a great deal of 

 trouble to attract the birds, by giving them 

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