238 MARY'S GARDEN AND HOW IT GREW 



"'Heel in,' " repeated Randolph Findlayson ; "that 

 is what we did to the privets when we dug a hole 

 and put them together in a bunch and covered the 

 roots." 



"It just means," explained Mary, "that you put 

 their feet in the ground. That 's why we call it 'heel 



***<}) in ' if y u said 



'toe in' it would 

 do just as well, but 

 'toe in' has another an- 

 other-" 



"Another significance 1 ?" 

 suggested Mr Trommel. 



"Yes, that 's it another 

 significance." 

 ft vo K-e v\ root- But where are the trees f 



asked Finnan Haddie. 



"I have them here in the little shed at the end of 

 the greenhouse." 



"They are n't very big for trees," remarked Mary. 



"No," said Herr Trommel, unconcerned. "You 

 Americans are always for planting the big trees ; we 

 know better. Let them grow but five years and the 

 little tree will be bigger than the bigger tree. It is 

 better to move them young yes." 



