92 PULLING UP WEEDS. [JUNE. 



LETTER VI. 



June 2. 



WHEN I recommended that your garden 

 should be laid out in the Dutch fashion, I forgot 

 to remind you that neatness is the peculiar 

 character of the Dutch, both in their gardens 

 and houses. I hope this hint will not be 

 throw r n away, especially as you will soon find 

 that sowing and planting are not the only em- 

 ployments of a gardener. 



Weeds will soon begin to grow, and as it is 

 only the sluggard who has weeds in his garden, 

 I hope none are growing in your little patch. 

 It would be a sure sign of idleness if any were 

 found. In so small a garden, the weeds must 

 be pulled up by the hand, as fast as they make 

 their appearance. 



