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pointed stick. "Carefully, now, and press the soil 

 down so. After they are all in we must water 

 them well." 



"Would they grow for me, Mr. Trommel," asked 

 Mary, "if I just cut some branches from our hedge 

 and made the cuttings and put them in a box in the 

 house?" 



"They will grow for anybody," answered the old 

 man. "Just put them not in the sun for three or 

 four days, till they have a little time to think, and 

 then in the sun. They would grow, too, if we waited 

 until it is a little warmer, and then put them in the 

 ground in the garden, instead of starting them here 

 in the house." 



