226 IN MISS AMELIA'S MEADOW 



a space at the bottonj where seeds are forming, 

 and another at the top which is all buds. It is 

 only when they are nearly through blooming that 

 the flowers come out at the very top of the spikes. 



" Let's take a bunch of Simpler's Joy home," 

 I called to Tommy. Philip had left us when we 

 came to the turn that leads to Warley Towers. 



" All right," Tommy called back, " it isn't likely 

 to vanish, by the look of this meadow." 



" It's called Simpler's Joy," he said, " because 

 long ago herb doctors cured so many diseases with 

 it that it gave them joy." 



" Perhaps it would cure us of colds better than 

 castor-oil," I said. 



Then Tommy began to explain that its leaves 

 had to be made into a sort of tea for sick people 

 to drink, and I knew he was no longer angry with 

 Uncle Hiram and Peter. 



