The Garden 

 that We Made 



Is there any Small Boy 

 — be he Prince or Pea- 

 sant^who does not feel 

 important when he is 

 allowed to handle the 

 Garden Hose ! 



three parts — one for vege- 

 tables and two for flowers. 

 And now the children were 

 allowed to receive weekly 

 exactly what seeds or plants 

 they desired. Radishes were, 

 of course, their first thought, 

 for children will not wait long 

 for the fruits of their labours, 

 and radishes grow quickly. 

 Then they wanted carrots ; 

 that was considered absolutely 

 necessary so that they might 

 give something of their garden 

 produce to their horses. More- 

 over, carrots were fairly easy 

 to cook on their own little 

 stove in the cottage — that is 

 to say, if they were not con- 

 were picked, for " that is the 



sumed as soon as they 

 simplest way," say the children. 



Their next demand was for potatoes, which were on no 

 account to be forgotten. Such an exhilarating moment it 

 was, too, when they were dug up ; and though the children 

 forgot to bank up the potatoes last year, they yielded 

 splendidly. When the potatoes were dug, they were 

 cooked and eaten the same evening — eaten almost with 

 reverence. And a unanimous vote was passed that just 

 such teeny weeny potatoes were the very best that ever 

 were ! 



In one corner of the garden they planted strawberries. 

 The strawberry bed was becomingly edged with bright 

 green parsley. The children considered apples highly 

 desirable ; but space was limited in their little plot. Besides, 

 they stipulated for a tree that would bear apples the very 

 first year — plenty of apples. When I explained that this 

 was impossible, that many years would go before a newly- 

 planted apple tree bore fruit, the children gave it up. 



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