p by a cat, and not in the woods at all. I do
not think there is anything more to tell you about him.--I am your
little reader,

LAURA B. LEWIS.

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HOW TO MAKE A FAIRY FOREST.

In the first place, you must live in the country, where you can
find that early spring flower, the blood-root or _sanguinaria_.
Wherever it grows it generally is seen in great
abundance--flowering in the Middle States about the first of April.
The roots are tuberous, resembling Madeira vines, and they do not
penetrate very deeply into the earth. Therefore, when the ground is
not frozen on its surface, these tubers can be quite easily
procured. In the latter part of March, after removing a layer of
dead leaves, or a light covering of leaf mold, the plants may be
found, and, at that time will have large brown or greenish brown
buds in great abundance, all very neatly wrapped up in conical
rolls. A basket should be carefully filled with these tubers,
without shaking all the earth from them, and some of the flakiest
and greenest pieces of moss that can be found adhering to the rocks
must also be put into the basket.

When you reach home, take a large dish or pan and dispose these
tubers upon it, first having sprinkled it ever so lightly with the
earth found in the bottom of the basket. Place the roots quite
close together, taking care to keep the large, pointed,
live-looking buds on the top, pack them closely; side by side,
until the dish is full, then lay your bits of moss daintily over
them, or between them when the beds are large, set them in the
sweet spring sunshine, in a south or east window, sprinkle them
daily with slightly tepid water, and on some fine morning you will
find a little bed of pure white flowers, that will tell you a tale
of the woods which will charm your young souls.

Sanguinaria treated in this way will generally so far anticipate
its natural time of flowering as to present you the smiling,
perfumed faces of its blossoms while the fields may yet be covered
with snow.

But this is not the end. After these snowy blossoms have performed
their mission of beauty, they will drop off upon the carpet of
moss, and, in a short time, will be succeeded by the leaves of the
plant, which are large and irregular, but very beautiful, and ea