MY SUMMER IN A GARDEN. 101 



I have corn in my garden, ten and 

 twelve feet high, strong and lusty , 

 standing the drought like a grenadier ; 

 and it is hilled. In advising this rad 

 ical change, Mr. Greeley evidently has 

 a political purpose. He might just as 

 well say that you should not hill beans, 

 when everybody knows that a &quot; hill of 

 beans&quot; is one of the most expressive 

 symbols of disparagement. When I be 

 come too lazy to hill my corn, I, too, shall 

 go into politics. 



I am satisfied that it is useless to try 

 to cultivate &quot; pusley.&quot; I set a little of 

 it one side, and gave it some extra care. 

 It did not thrive as well as that which I 

 was fighting. The fact is, there is a spirit 

 of moral perversity in the plant, which 

 makes it grow the more, the more it is 

 interfered with. I am satisfied of that. 

 I doubt if any one has raised more 

 &quot; pusley &quot; this year than I have ; and 



