104 THREE NEW FLOWERS 



were smaller, they grew in bunches at the ends of 

 the stems and had something of the same look. 

 The only reason, I said, I could think of its being 

 called False Lily-of-the-Valley was because its 

 leaves were so much like those of the true Lily- 

 of-the-Valley. 



" They're related," Philip said, and he was 

 imitating Tommy again. 



" Do you think you could tell these three flowers 

 apart," I asked him. 



" Solomon's Seal, little green bells under the 

 leaves," he began, marking it off on his thumb; 

 False Solomon's Seal, bunch of sweet, white 

 flowers at ends of the leaves; False Llly-of-the- 

 Valley, the dearest, sweetest one of all." 



I was going to ask him if he had listened when 

 I told him about the last one, only then we had 

 to go to luncheon. 



Philip is very queer sometimes. When we 

 went into the dining-room I saw that he had three 

 of the very flowers we had been talking about in 

 a bowl. He had been out early in the morning 

 with Tommy, and had heard all about them. I 

 said very little to him after that, but he didn't 

 mind because he knows that Grandmother thinks 

 children at the table should be seen and not heard. 



When Mrs. Todd talked about their visit to 

 Philip's aunt she never said a word about the six 

 cousins. 



After luncheon, when we were out on the lawn, 



