68 AN ISLAND GARDEN 



ground and my flowers into heaps, thrusting 

 handsome long ivory-white, umbrella-shaped heads 

 on stems a foot long, up high above and over 

 most things in the beds. But these are eaten as 

 soon as they appear, and are not such a very 

 great trial, though I would rather they left my 

 dear flowers undisturbed. 



