20 B21Z. 



in stiff regimental order, and which look very lovely 

 in certain places, but wouldn't have suited the old 

 garden at all. Then there were plenty of rustic 

 seats and dear little summer-houses, and, of course, 

 an old sundial, so covered with moss that the figures 

 on the dial were completely hidden — that didn't 

 matter ; it would have been a shame to dream of 

 utilizing it — and on the summer-houses, sweetbriers 

 and honeysuckles crept and twined and hung as 

 much as ever they liked , and mignonette grew in 

 patches all about the place, and even the steps of 

 the old sundial were covered with musk. 



What with all the sweet flowers, and what with 

 the yew hedges and tall shrubs, affording shelter 

 from any wind that might blow, it was the place of 

 all others for bees. 



But Buz and Hum knew nothing about this as 

 yet, and as they looked at the kitchen garden they 

 thought it was big enough for any thing. There 

 were no fanners at work on the board : the morning 

 was too cool for them to be needed — so cool that, 

 though plenty of bees kept on walking to the edge 

 of the board and taking observations — it was some 

 time before any flew off. 



At last, as the sun's rays grew warmer, one or 

 two were hardy enough to start away on their long 



