MY SUMMER IN A GARDEN. 9 



den in this latitude is, that you never 

 know when to set it going. If you want 

 any thing to come to maturity early, 

 you must start it in a hot-house. If you 

 put it out early, the chances are all in 

 favor of getting it nipped with frost ; for 

 the thermometer will be 90 one day, 

 and go below 32 the night of the day 

 following. And, if you do not set out 

 plants or sow seeds early, you fret con 

 tinually ; knowing that your vegetables 

 will be late, and that, while Jones has 

 early peas, you will be watching your 

 slow-forming pods. This keeps you in a 

 state of mind. When you have planted 

 any thing early, you are doubtful whether 

 to desire to see it above ground, or not. 

 If a hot day comeSj you long to see the 

 young plants ; but, when a cold north 

 wind brings frost, you tremble lest the 

 seeds have burst their bands. Your 

 spring is passed in anxious doubts and 



