82 MAKY'S GAKDEN AND HOW IT GKEW 



"Top-spit and manure, and dig it two feet deep," 

 repeated Finnan Haddie, dutifully. "How deep are 

 you putting in those seeds ? " asked he, for the sun- 

 bonnet bent again to the work. 



"Three inches," she said ; "but you must n't put 

 everything in so deep. It is about three times the 

 size of the seed, Mr. Trommel says, and most seeds 

 are littler. But the sweet peas go in deep ; that is 

 because they are peculiar. What are you going to 

 have in your garden ? " 



"Oh, radishes and lettuce and corn and pump- 

 kins, too, for Jack-o'-lanterns." 



"That '11 be fine ! " said the under-gardener, admir- 

 ingly. "My garden 's just flowers ; but I 'm to plant 

 all the things in father's garden for him, and he 's 

 going to give me fifty cents for doing it, and then I 'm 

 going to buy some pansy plants. Father asked Mr. 

 Trommel to get somebody to plant for him, and 

 Mr. Trommel recommended me," explained Mary, 

 with evident pride. 



"Oh, my ! " said Kandolph Findlayson, much im- 

 pressed. 



The sunbonnet bent modestly over the flower-bed. 

 "I don't know celery and 'sparagus and strawberries 

 and those things yet, but father said just 'plain Amer- 



