MAKING A KOSE GARDEN 65 



"I understand/' said the under-gardener. 



"Do you?" demanded Mr. Trommel, fixing his 

 spectacles on the assistant's face. "Then what did I 

 say ? " 



"You said we move the shrubs first, because they 

 live outdoors all winter and don't mind the cold, but 

 we have to hurry and move them while they are 

 asleep ; and we move the pre-ennials, for they are 

 asleep too, but we ought n't to move them until fall ; 

 and next come the seeds, and then last the babies 

 from the greenhouse, and we have to wait until it is 

 very comfortable for them, and if things wake up 

 very early we have to plant them the night before 

 that is, in the fall." 



"That is not at all bad," said Mr. Trommel, beam- 

 ing approvingly on his assistant ; "you will make a 

 fine gardener some day." 



"I hope so," said Mary, earnestly. 



