The garden that we made . next demand was for potatoes, which were on noaccount to be forgotten. Such an exhilarating moment itwas, too, when they were dug up ; and though the childrenforgot to bank up the potatoes last year, they yieldedsplendidly. When the potatoes were dug, they werecooked and eaten the same evening—eaten almost withreverence. And a unanimous vote was passed that justsuch teeny weeny potatoes were the very best that everwere ! In one corner of the garden they planted strawberry bed was becomingly edged with brightgreen parsley. The children considered apple
The garden that we made . next demand was for potatoes, which were on noaccount to be forgotten. Such an exhilarating moment itwas, too, when they were dug up ; and though the childrenforgot to bank up the potatoes last year, they yieldedsplendidly. When the potatoes were dug, they werecooked and eaten the same evening—eaten almost withreverence. And a unanimous vote was passed that justsuch teeny weeny potatoes were the very best that everwere ! In one corner of the garden they planted strawberry bed was becomingly edged with brightgreen parsley. The children considered apples highlydesirable; but space was limited in their little plot. Besides,they stipulated for a tree that would bear apples the veryfirst year—plenty of apples. When I explained that thiswas impossible, that many years would go before a newly-planted apple tree bore fruit, the children gave it up. 62 Digitized by IVIicrosoft® Our Children andTheir Flowers Andseriouseven in Water-Can is a responsibility, a Royal Garden!. The Flowersthe ChildrenPlanted. Flowerswere put infront of thecottage. Apath hadalready beenlaid out, andthe childrenpaved thatwas done, they asked for arches over their three litde gates;and they got them. So one was covered with yellownasturtiums, the second with wild vine, and the thirdwith hops. When the latter is in blossom, in August,it is really beautiful, and the combined effect is verycharming. The flowers were arranged in squares. Each kindshould have its own bed, just as we had it in the biggarden. Here were now sown poppies, mignonette (becauseof the lovely scent), the brilliant oriental-looking zinnia,asters, pansies, antirrhinums of every available colour,heliotrope, and the stately sunflower. Last of all, a clumpof the pretty, more or less perennial daisy. Specialities in my LittleGirls Garden. Pink and white roseswere then planted on eitherside of the cottage do not know why, but rosesgrow and blossom most pro-fusely i
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