178 MARY'S GARDEN AND HOW IT GREW 



"No ! " said the president, relentlessly j "not a 

 sandwich." 



At this the unwilling member arose and read as 



follows : 



"WEEDING 



"Mr. Trommel says weeds are plants which happen 

 to grow where you don't want them. 



"There are many kinds of weeds. Whichever kind 

 you have the most of in your garden seems the worst, 

 especially plantain. 



"I have had a great deal of 

 trouble with plantain. 



"I think this is called 

 plantain because it is always 

 planting itself where you 

 don't want it. It is also 

 called hen-plant: this is 

 either because the hens are 

 the only people who like it, 

 or because it can make almost 

 as much trouble in the garden 

 as hens. 



"Most of the weeds have 

 unpleasant names and sound as if they ought to be 

 pulled up. There are pigweed and ragweed. The 



