SOME GREEN THINGS OF THE EARTH 



made its first growth, and either set in rows in 

 a bed prepared for them or planted at once 

 where they are to grow, as edging surround- 

 ing beds or borders. I have done this with 

 great success, but it is a waste of time and 

 material unless the clippings are thoroughly 

 wet at least once a day, and twice a day if 

 the weather is very hot or dry. 



If any one has a friend in whose garden old 

 box is growing, let her beg clippings from it, 

 for it will be more likely to prove hardy than 

 the box one buys. 



Every year, in August, the box edging can 

 be clipped; and, if it grows where winter cov- 

 ering is necessary, it should not be allowed 

 to reach more than a foot in height. 



All of us have noticed, at the end of the 

 winter, the sad-looking box trees and bushes 

 on the steps and windows of the houses on 

 the north sides of the streets in New York, 

 also on the sides of the avenues where the 

 sun shines upon it, by the end of March 

 there is rarely a green bush to be seen, where- 



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