CHAPTER XIII 
JOSEPH COMPLETES THE PLANTING OF THE 
GARDEN 
N OW that May has been here for a fortnight, 
I recall how busy Joseph has been setting 
out numbers of perennials that he bought from the 
nursery of Nestly, and others which were given him 
by Miss Wiseman and Mr. Hayden, who have been 
dividing some of their old, well-grown plants. He 
has made an effort to complete the planting of his 
garden, with which, however, he seems never to 
be quite finished. 
Almost every day Joseph hears that some seeds 
that he has already sown should be planted again 
now, and also later on, in order that throughout 
the season he may have their flowers in succession. 
He knew, before starting his garden, that farmers 
did this with peas and other vegetables, but he did 
not realise that the same thing was to be done with 
flowers. Here is another difference between wild 
flowers and those in a garden. When the former 
have bloomed and sown their seeds, their work is 
over for the entire season. Mother Nature allows 
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