236 MARY'S GARDEN AND HOW IT GREW 



"I said I would show you," said Herr Trommel ; 

 "I did not say I would let you plant. First, do 

 you ' know anything about 

 trees!" and he turned his 

 spectacles suddenly on his 

 less frequent visitor. 



There was something rather 

 disconcerting about Herr 

 Trommel's kindly but pene- 

 trating gaze framed in his 

 huge glasses. 



To his young friends it 

 seemed to say : "I know all 

 about it ; now what do you 

 know!" 



"I know they are n't they 

 are n't herbaceous plants," 

 said Randolph Findlayson, 

 somewhat abashed. 



"That is some- 

 thing," admitted 

 Mr. Trommel. 



"Tell me, my lad, 

 what would you do if you had sent you a present 

 of some trees ! What would you do the first thing ! " 



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