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&quot;Oh, you can t kill phlox,&quot; said Jonathan 

 imperturbably. 



&quot;All the better. I hate not giving people 

 credit for things just because they come 

 natural.&quot; 



&quot; That is a curious sentence,&quot; said Jonathan. 



&quot;Never mind. You know what I mean. 

 You ve understood a great many more curi 

 ous ones than that. Listen, Jonathan. Why 

 could n t I put in my seeds now? I brought 

 them along.&quot; 



&quot;Why yes it s pretty early for any 

 thing but peas, but you can try, of course. 

 What are they? Sweet alyssum and pansy?&quot; 



&quot;Yes and I did get a few sweet peas 

 too,&quot; I hesitated. &quot;I thought Henry had n t 

 much to do yet, and perhaps he could make a 

 trench you know it needs a trench.&quot; 



&quot;Yes, I know,&quot; said Jonathan. I think he 

 smiled. &quot;Let s see your seeds.&quot; 



&quot;They re at the house. Come over to the 

 south porch, where it s warm, and we ll plan 

 about them.&quot; 



I opened the bundle and laid out the little 

 packets with their gay pictures indicating 

 what the seeds within might be expected to 



