GARDENING BY MYSELF. 



Ill 



shoot was five feet long, and I began to 

 watch for flower buds. 



One morning, going out to 

 attend to some other plants 

 near by, I glanced towards my 

 pretty vine, and saw that its 

 delicate leaves were drooping. 

 Not with the sunshine, alas! 

 They were not faint — they 

 were dying. And, yes ; just 

 as I thought; the whole vine 

 was cut off at the very root ! 

 Not the leading shoot, merely, 

 but every smaller one also, 

 which might have taken its 

 place. And, of course, close 

 to the scene of destruction, 

 barely hid away under the soil 

 — too full to move, was the largest sort of a 

 cut-worm ; snugly curled round and repos- 

 ing after his night's work. Judging from 

 this one specimen, I should say that adlu- 

 mias have a fattening quahty which is 

 quite remarkable. 



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VINE SUPPORT. 



