nothing, but in the third year a vivid splash of 

 vermilion on one of the branches of the yew 

 showed that the plants were thriving, and they 

 have since garlanded the dark foliage of the yew 

 with an opulence of color that yearly increases 

 in extent. 



" Meanwhile, the plants which had been put in 

 carefully selected situations and well looked after, 

 perished." 



My first plants were put in nearly two years 

 ago in accordance with these directions and have 

 since not been disturbed. I shall possess my soul 

 in patience for another year and then look out 

 anxiously for a vivid splash on the yew and bushes 

 under which the plants were placed. 



With the tubers and roots I tried to follow the 

 directions given by Mrs. Earle, who, quoting a 

 friend, says that holes should be prepared quite 

 four feet deep and filled with leaf mold and light 

 earth. The roots, we are then told, are to be 

 planted one foot below the surface, so that they 

 shall have two feet of loose soil to work down 

 into. 



Now there is something wrong here, and the 

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