202 MARY'S GARDEN AND HOW IT GREW 



"That has another bad name, little one : it is 

 rhizome. It is the place where the iris stores the 

 food and moisture ; the roots bring it there. We 

 must give the iris plenty of room when we transplant. 

 She is a delicate thing a rainbow-lady, as you say ; 

 but she has the fine appetite, and she also likes much 

 to drink." 



"Are n't you going to put the rhiz the storehouse 

 farther down ? " 



"No, no ! The roots go down. The rhizome the 

 storehouse stays on top. Now we have the peonies 

 and phloxes and larkspurs settled yes! Now I set 

 out some young hollyhocks from my seed-bed. You 

 have some to set out from your garden, have you 

 not?" 



"Oh, yes ; mine are fine." 



"And where shall you put them?" inquired Mr. 

 Trommel of the young gardener. 



"In my perennial border," answered Mary, with 

 dignity. "I 'm going to have lots of hollyhocks next 

 year, but I thought it would be be pleasanter if I 

 saw you move yours first. Then I would have expe- 

 rience. It 's hard to know when you 're doing it 

 just right." 



"No-o," answered tjie old gardener ; "you must 



