180 MY GROWING GARDEN 



to have the great dame do the covering, but I 

 desire to nominate the coverers. 



For instance, and as I have written elsewhere, I 

 cannot yet get the slopes of Lovers' Lane ready for 

 the guests from the wild they are designed for. 

 Therefore I have encouraged the common blue 

 violet to take possession, and the said violet has 

 filled the order promptly. As I get other things, 

 some of the big violet clumps will simply pass on 

 to the muck-pile. In another location, I found the 

 English sweet white violet hardy and rampant, 

 and to it has been assigned important duties in 

 consequence. It is a pretty "swell" weed, if you 

 please ! 



About Breeze Hill there are many shady corners, 

 and some of them also are dry. Several years ago 

 at Eagles Mere I found the beautiful wild colum- 

 bine growing in shade, and in the dryness of a rock 

 crevice with very little soil. That gave me an idea, 

 and I collected a few plants, which have made gay 

 for several May weeks the southeast approach to 

 Lovers' Lane. Carefully saving the abundant seed- 

 age, I sowed it favorably, and obtained at least a 

 thousand fine little plants. These have been trans- 

 planted into the difficult places, the sunless, mois- 

 tureless spots and corners; and certain slopes have 

 also been set with the columbines. This first season 



