76 THE GARDEN OF A 



When -you live in the country and your husband 

 goes daily to town, you will soon recognize this trait 

 as akin to genius. 



Already I can see the complete tool house in my 

 mind's eye from simply hearing Evan's directions to 

 Bertie. There are to be racks for holding pots 

 graded according to size ; wooden pegs across which 

 the various rakes, hoes, etc., can be laid ; hooks for 

 the water-pots and grass edging shears; corner 

 shelves for holding the measuring line (to be used 

 for vegetables, only I shan't allow it in the flower 

 garden), twine, trowel, weeders, while under these 

 is room for the two lawn-mowers, the wide for gen- 

 eral use, the narrow for borders. On the opposite 

 side a wide shelf either for potting, cutting, or to 

 hold the flower jars when I'm filling them for the 

 house, and above the shelf, hung between leather 

 loops (made of an old rein) pruning-shears, flower 

 scissors, a hammer, a saw, and a bag of assorted 

 nails and tacks are hung like articles in a dressing- 

 case. 



Bertie JB a Dane, quite familiar with the Eng- 

 lish words necessary for asking and receiving direc- 

 tions, but fortunately not with those used either in 

 lengthy discussions or literary dialogues. 



Evan suggests that we now have all the human 



