62 MARY'S GARDEN AND HOW IT GREW 



"About the papa and the baby he had to take care 

 of Oh, yes, I remember." 



"Well, look now, here, above the little knob. That 

 is the graft, the Prince Camille. Below the knob, the 

 roots and this bit of 

 stem see f This is the 

 stock, the papa ; he is 

 Manetti. But some- 

 - times he forgets he has 

 the child to care for : he 

 thinks he would like to 

 be pretty himself, so he 

 uses up some of the 

 baby's food and he 

 sends up a shoot from 

 here, see, below the 

 graft. Then we call it 

 a bad name and say it 

 is a sucker, and cut it 

 off 5 if we did not, the 

 graft, the baby, would 

 have but little to eat, for the stock is stronger. 

 That is why we put the graft down in the ground 

 two or three inches below the surface ; the papa 

 cannot then breathe, so he cannot well send up 



ROSE AFTER PRUNING, SET IN THE 



GROUND THREE INCHES BELOW 



THE GRAFT 



