56 MY SUMMER IN A GARDEN. 



lotteries and that sort of thing for. 1 

 suggest a festival for the benefit of iny 

 garden; and this seems feasible. In 

 order to make every thing pass off pleas 

 antly, invited guests will bring or send 

 their own strawberries and cream, which 

 I shall be happy to sell to them at a slight 

 advance. There are a great many im 

 provements which the garden needs; 

 among them a sounding-board, so that the 

 neighbors children can hear when I tell 

 them to get a little farther off from the 

 currant-bushes. I should also like a se 

 lection from the ten commandments, in 

 big letters, posted up conspicuously, and 

 a few traps, that will detain, but not 

 maim, for the benefit of those who can 

 not read. But what is most important 

 is, that the ladies should crochet nets to 

 cover over the strawberries. A good- 

 sized, well-managed festival ought to 

 produce nets enough to cover my entire 



