GARDENING BY MYSELF, 6q 



brown canna seeds, each showing an unmis- 

 takable white root and the tip of a young 

 green leaf. Well, there was no use in driv- 

 ing them into seclusion again. I brought 

 little pots, and gave each seedling one ; hid- 

 ing the green shoot lightly beneath the soil, 

 that it might after all take its own time for 

 appearing. Then I searched out the rest 

 of the seeds, crumbling every black lump 

 of earth, sifting and examining with my fin- 

 gers, finding the other three one by one. 

 But they were all in their original state of 

 blackness and hardness ; and though I re- 

 planted them, giving them both steam and 

 sun, not one was kind enough to grow. The 

 first three flourished and made fine plants. 



N. B. — In trying this experiment, it is 

 well to count your seeds before planting, 

 that you may know when you have picked 

 them all up. 



