64 MAEY'S GARDEN AND HOW IT GREW 







planting. But I could not now set out a rose cutting, 

 a baby from the greenhouse it would die. I must 

 wait until the fine weather, when all the babies can 

 be out. 



"First we plant the shrubs and trees they are yet 

 asleep ; we must plant them soon, because they are 

 soon awake then they do not like it. Then, also, 

 if we must, we plant the perennials, phloxes and 

 hollyhocks and such things, though it is better to 

 plant them in the fall. Next we plant the seeds in 

 the ground out of doors ; they are asleep, too, and 

 will not wake for a little while. Then, too, we plant 

 the evergreens, for they do not wake so early ; they 

 do not make the changes in their dress in the spring, 

 and so the Mother Earth lets them sleep later. And 

 last we set out the seedlings from the boxes, the little 

 babies that are already awake and growing. They 

 are spoilt children : they have been brought up in 

 the greenhouse with everything just as they like it, 

 so if we put them out too early they find the out-of- 

 doors cold and hard ; they shiver and wish they were 

 back in the house. When we grow the seedlings in a 

 cold frame, out of doors, or where there is not the extra 

 heat, then we can put them out earlier ; they are not 

 such sensitive little things." 



