DAYS IN MY GARDEN 



that when mixed together they cannot be separated 

 until growth has revealed their identity, not even 

 when as large as those of the sweet-pea and fodder 

 vetch ; yet what a difference is seen in the fine long 

 stalks and bold flowers of sweetly scented white, red 

 and mauve sweet-peas, with their strong stems and 

 leaves, when compared with the small, insignificant, 

 stalkless, rose-purple flowers of the useful vetch, with 

 its finely-cut leaves and hair-like tendrils ! 



It was summer, and the cool, clear stream threaded 

 its way through the shimmering meadows and passed 

 under the shade where silvery, slanting willows bathed 

 their feet, all clothed with deep- red fibrous rootlets. 

 In the shallows, near the bank fringed with yellow iris, 

 there were strong colonies of watercresses with their 

 deep glistening green and bronze foliage, while just 

 above rose the tall furrowed red-dappled stems of 

 the graceful hemlock, carrying their elegant feathery 

 leaves. Again the problem comes, why should one 

 plant produce from the same water and soil the 

 wholesome salad, and another spend its strength in 

 extracting a deadly poison ? 



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