36 MY SUMMER IN A GARDEN. 



to make the toad stay and watch the hill. 

 If you know your toad, it is all right. If 

 you do not, you must build a tight fence 

 round the plants, which the toad cannot jump 

 over. This, however, introduces a new ele- 

 ment. I find that I have a zoological gar- 

 den on my hands. It is an unexpected re- 

 sult of my little enterprise, which never 

 aspired to the completeness of the Paris 

 Jardin des Plantes. 



