186 FIVE ACKES TOO MUCH. 



&quot; I don t mean that&quot; 



&quot; By the way,&quot; I inquired, interrupting him, &quot;have 

 you any egg-plants to spare ? Ours are not as suc 

 cessful as they ought to be.&quot; 



&quot; Yes, yes ; plenty. But I want to know why you 

 have filled your garden &quot; 



&quot;Walk this way, if you please,&quot; I again broke in. 

 &quot; There s a remarkably pretty double Jacobcea that I 

 should like to show you.&quot; 



&quot; In a minute ; but tell me first &quot; 



&quot; And our Lima beans, they are really remarkable ; 

 and such carrots and turnips, to say nothing of many 

 other excellent vegetables.&quot; 



I was becoming a little incoherent, and not stick 

 ing to the absolute and naked truth, for Weeville was 

 not to be moved. He stopped resolutely before a 

 wonderful specimen of Datura, and said positively, 



&quot; Before I go any where else, I want to know what 

 you call that ?&quot; 



&quot; Oh, that,&quot; I replied, with affected indifference, 

 &quot; that is a Datura.&quot; 



As he broke into unpleasantly convulsive laughter, 

 I added, hastily, 



&quot; I mean to say Meteloides.&quot; As he still appeared 

 unconvinced and somewhat choked with merriment, 

 I further explained : &quot; Datura Wrightii Meteloides ; 



