MY SUMMER IN A GARDEN. 65 



interested in my strawberry-beds, asked 

 what varieties I had, and requested me 

 to send him some seed. He said the 

 patent-office seed was as difficult to 

 raise as an appropriation for the St. 

 Domingo business. The playful bean 

 seemed also to please him ; and he said 

 he had never seen such impressive corn 

 and potatoes at this time of year ; that 

 it was to him an unexpected pleasure, 

 and one of the choicest memories that 

 he should take away with him of his 

 visit to New England. 



N.B. That corn and those potatoes 

 which Gen. Gr nt looked at, I will sell 

 for seed, at five dollars an ear, and one 

 dollar a potato. Office-seekers need not 

 apply. 



Knowing the president s great desire 

 for peas, I kept him from that part of 

 the garden where the vines grow. But 

 they could not be concealed. Those who 



