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the plants. It will be beautiful when it is done a 

 fine velvet-brown ! 



"Now, Liebchen," he said, as the young visitors 

 were saying good-by, "a compost heap is a fine thing ; 

 but I think you better change your shoes, perhaps, 

 before you speak with the lady mama. The lady 

 mama is an excellent lady, but she is not a gar- 

 dener ! 



