1 1 o GARDENING B V M YSELF, 



green " worm i' the bud," choosing for him- 

 self a pink house, which he will straightway 

 turn into a ruin ; some leaf-roller, perhaps, 

 tying up the whole end of a young shoot for 

 his own private apartments. If you \vill 

 take a little trouble with these creatures 

 in time, 3^ou never need have much to 

 take. 



I have paid heavy taxes this week. For 

 two or three years past I had been trying to 

 raise the climbing fumitory — Adluinia cir- 

 rJiosa — from seed ; and after many failures, 

 last year one plant grew but did not flower. 

 I kept it in the house all winter, not trust- 

 ing the hardiness of so young a plant, and 

 this spring set it out in the open border. 

 Late frosts came, but did not hurt it ; and 

 soon new fresh leaves began to replace the 

 faded winter tuft. Then the leaf shoots 

 began to twine, elongating themselves curi- 

 ously into a sort of tendril. I gave it the 

 help of a bushy cedar stick, and up went my 

 fumitory hand over hand, like Jack's bean 

 with Jack after it. Presently the leading 



