52 THE JONATHAN PAPERS 



body grow them? If I had sweet peas, I d 

 have white ones, and pale lavender ones, and 

 those lovely salmon-pink ones, and maybe 

 some pale yellow ones &quot; 



&quot;Sweet peas have to be planted in March,&quot; 

 said Jonathan, as he trundled his wheel off 

 toward the barn. 



&quot;Of course,&quot; I called after him. &quot;I m not 

 going to plant any. I was only saying if.&quot; 



Perhaps the sweet peas began it, but I 

 really think the whole thing began with the 

 phlox. 



One afternoon in August I walked down the 

 road through the woods to meet Jonathan. 

 As he came up to me and dismounted I held 

 out to him a spray of white phlox. 



&quot;Where do you suppose I found it?&quot; I 

 asked. 



&quot;Down by the old Talcott place,&quot; he 

 hazarded. 



&quot;No. There is some there, but this was 

 growing under our crab-apple trees, right 

 beside the house.&quot; 



&quot;Well, now, it must have been some of 

 Aunt Deborah s. I remember hearing Uncle 

 Ben say she used to have her garden there; 



