A Little Maryland Garden 191 
were of all sizes, from some almost as small 
as grains of rice, to others almost as large 
as camassias. I was afraid to keep them 
out of the ground for the time it would take 
to write and get an answer, full two weeks; 
so I planted them in pots and flats and set 
them in the dark cellar. Some in spite of 
this treatment immediately began to put up 
marrow spikes of green. Others, that had 
the size and appearance of daffodil bulbs, 
went to work soberly making roots. After 
they were all planted came a letter with 
a list of them, and some I found were my 
favourite brown fritillaries. There were also 
Mariposa lilies (calochortus) and soaproots, 
and some brodiaeas. I had never seen these 
as cultivated plants, and with these nurslings 
so far from home and under such strange 
conditions, I could understand the feelings 
of a hen that mothers young ducks. 
I had already, before these came, put out 
some camassias in the borders. Although 
natives of the Pacific coast they are highly 
recommended for their hardiness, and for 
