56 THREE KINGDOMS. 



off. Gather your flowers if possible in the latter part of 

 the day, when they will be less likly to die. 



2. Do not entirely denude one place of flowers, what- 

 ever they may be. 



3. Do not pluck flowers which by nature fade direct- 

 ly, such as wood anemones and wood sorrel, w r hich never 

 look half so well in vases as in their native place. 



4. Do not dig- up flower roots at the time of flower- 

 ing', a most common and pernicious practice; it is the 

 worst possible time for transplanting-." 



