60 MARY'S GARDEN AND HOW IT GREW 



"What ! " exclaimed Mary, incredulously. "Do 

 roses have tooth-powder and cologne and and curl- 

 ing-tongs, and those things ? " 



"Not exactly," admitted Mr. Trommel. "They 

 have kerosene spray, and whale-oil emulsion, and 

 Bordeaux mixture, instead of cologne; powder 

 they use, too sometimes powdered sulphur put on 

 the under side of the leaves where it will not show j 

 and when they begin to bloom they also like some 

 liquid manure as a tonic. 



"lAebchen, plants are like people : when they be- 

 come very highly cultivated the liebe Gott does 

 much, but the gardener he also does somewhat. 

 There ! " he said, ending his lecture suddenly, "the 

 roses are now ready." 



"I 'm going to plant some of them for you," said 

 the under-gardener coaxingly, as she followed him 

 along the little path to the rose -bed. 



"Well," said Herr Trommel, hesitating, "you will 

 be very careful ? " 



"Oh, very careful," repeated Mary, with assuring 

 emphasis. 



"Well, then, we put the first one in here j this is 

 Prince Camille de Rohan," he said, handing one of 

 the plants to his assistant. "He has pretty flowers, 



