GA RDENING BY M YSELF. 2 1 



plants may be growing for next year. They 

 will not bloom this. And petunias are sure 

 to be useful, for they will thrive and be 

 splendid in any season and in any place. 



Then how beautiful last year was my 

 Gaillardia Josephus ! I must have it again. 

 And the little blue asperula — a novelty of 

 last year, as the catalogues say — was pretty 

 enough, in spite of dry weather, to have an- 

 other chance. Tropeolum King of the Tom 

 Thumbs, and T. King Theodore, have also 

 been very brilliant. I waited three years, 

 1 believe, for King Theodore to come down 

 within reach of my purse, but have taken 

 much comfort in him since. 



Shall I give one more trial tj Abronia? — 

 little witch ! — so highly recommended, so 

 generally praised, but (for me) so intract- 

 able ? We have been at issue for at least 

 three seasons, and yet I don't like to be 

 worsted ! Shall I try conclusions once 

 more with my favorite lupius, which (by 

 way of being singular) seem not to like this 

 Island of Shahweetah. Shall I be tempted 



