22 MY GARDEN 



Raphanus sativus, Helianthus tuberosus, 



Allium Cepa, five varieties, in- Mentha viridis, 



eluding Porrum, Thymus vulgaris, 



Lactuca sativa, two varieties, Cucumis Melo, 



Lycopersicum esculentum, Cucumis sativus, 



Tragopogon porrifolium, Cucurbita Pepo ovifera 



Salvia officinalis, Solanum melongena var. 

 Cynara Scolymus, ovigerum. 



" Can you improve upon that ? " I asked, " because 

 now is the time. You are going from home, and, when 

 you return, most of these things ought to be ready to 

 welcome you." 



Her face fell. 



" I did hope you would have given way about the 

 vegetables," she said. 



" You evade the question/' I answered. " Can you, 

 or can you not, better my list as it stands ? " 



" I don't know anything about it," she replied. 

 " All I do know is that you won't find room for half 

 of them. No doubt they are all expensive. You 

 seem to have a curious way of selecting your 

 plants by the cost ; and if ever you had to sell 

 them again, you know perfectly well what would 

 happen." 



"All these things are cheap enough," I told her. 

 "With one or two exceptions, they will be grown 

 from seed." 



" And will, of course, take up every atom of room 

 as usual. You promised faithfully promised a 

 border of parsley." There were tears in her voice 

 as she answered. 



I sighed. There were tears in my voice too. 



