THE WEED AND WORM GARDEN."

plots of ground, side by side. Then she told them they must hoe
or spade them up.
 They said they could not, because they had no tools. So she
took them to the store, and bought them each a hoe, a rake, a spade,
and a fork.
 They worked hard for a day or two, and got the ground very
nice and fine. Their auntie was pleased, and said they might
choose what flowers they would have.
 Douglas said he wanted corn-flowers, because he remembered the














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 story about the little boy and girl who took the corn-flowers to
 the King. Ethel said she should prefer scarlet geraniums, for
 her mamma wore them when she went to see the President.
 But Lyman thought they ought to be alike, and so the others
 agreed.
 Auntie gave them each two choice roses, a heliotrope, plenty of
 geraniums, pinks, lantanas, corn-flowers, and many others that.
 they fancied.
 The little gardens looked lovely when the plants were all set out,