PLANTING 



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"H'm ! " said the under-gardener, somewhat dis- 

 tantly. " ' Adjacent '. means near ; if they have ' ad- 

 jacent' generals, that 

 means they are nearly 

 generals, but not 

 quite." 



"Perhaps that 'sit," 

 admitted the boy, re- 

 luctantly. "Say, it's 

 a cute little place, is 

 n't it?" 



"Mr. Trommel made 

 it. We took a big box 

 with a hinge to it, and 

 then sawed the part 

 that opened, so it 

 would n't open 'way 

 to the top, and would 

 be more like a door, 

 instead of having the 

 whole side of the house open ; then we stood it on end, 

 and rested the lowest end on the beam of the fence, 

 and then nailed it through the bottom to the fence. 

 And afterward Mr. Trommel painted it green, and 

 made the little steps, so it would n't look just pasted 



