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THE AUTUMN WORK 
wild,” I said, knowing Mr. Percy must be right in 
the matter. 
“And bloom like mad,” Joseph added. 
Miss Wiseman also offered us bulbs of other 
lilies, called respectively liliiim candidum^ auratum^ 
and album. They will bear several fine lilies on 
each stalk. We noticed them in bloom this sum- 
mer, but we have lost our desire for them. Al- 
though they are hardy, they look as if they have 
just stepped out of a hot-house. So we said we 
would not take them now, but that, when our gar- 
den was older and w^e knew its needs better, we 
might find a place just suited to them. Joseph said 
perhaps we would have an inspiration about them 
during the winter, and then we could plant them 
in the spring, after the frost had left the ground. 
“Spoken like the wise boy you are!” Miss Wise- 
man replied simply. 
This week he has continued to plant the snow- 
drops through the turf of the triangle. They are 
such dear little flowers, and will come up so early, 
that we wish to keep them as near us as possible, 
right in the heart of the garden. They are not for 
the whole world to see, as are the gay crocuses scat- 
tered through the front lawn. The Siberian squills 
are strewn about somewhat at random. Joseph is 
playing that they are wild flowers coming up of 
their own accord. 
More thought, however, had to be given to the 
planting of the tulip bulbs. Now they are set as 
