Why couldn't I put in my seeds
now? I brought them along."

"Why--yes--it's pretty early for anything but peas, but you can try, of
course. What are they? Sweet alyssum and pansy?"

"Yes--and I did get a few sweet peas too," I hesitated. "I thought Henry
hadn't much to do yet, and perhaps he could make a trench--you know it
needs a trench."

"Yes, I know," said Jonathan. I think he smiled. "Let's see your seeds."

"They're at the house. Come over to the south porch, where it's warm,
and we'll plan about them."

I opened the bundle and laid out the little packets with their gay
pictures indicating what the seeds within might be expected to do.
"Sweet alyssum and pansies," I said, "and here are the sweet peas."

Jonathan took them--"'Dorothy Eckford, Lady Grisel Hamilton, Gladys
Unwin, Early Dawn, White Spencer,' By George! you mean to keep Henry
busy! Here's ten ounces of peas!"

"They were so much cheaper by the ounce," I murmured.

"And--hold up! Did you know they gave you some asters? These aren't
sweet peas."

"No--I know--but I thought--you see, sweet peas are over by August, and
asters go on all through October--don't you remember what lovely ones
Christabel had?"

"Hm! But isn't the world full of asters, anyway, in September and
October, without your planting any more?" He grinned a little. "I
thought that was your idea--you said Christabel grubbed so."

"Why, yes; but asters aren't any trouble. You just put them in--"

"And weed them."

"Yes--and weed them; but I wouldn't mind that."

"But here's some larkspur!"

"Yes, but I didn't buy that," I explained, hurriedly. "Christabel sent
me that. She thought I might like some from her garden--she has such
lovely larkspurs, don't you remember? And I just brought them along."

"Yes. So I see. Is that all you've just brought along?"

"Yes--except the cosmos. The florist advised that, and I thought there
might be a place for it over by the fence. And of course we needn't use
it if we don't want to. I can give it to Mrs. Stone."

"But here's some nasturtiums!"

"Oh--I forgot about them--but I didn't buy them either. They came from
the Department of Agriculture or something. There were some carrots and
parsnips, and things like that, too, all in a big brown envelope. I knew
you had all the other things you wanted, so I just brought these. But of
course I don't have to plant _them_, either."

"But you don't like nasturtiums. You've always said they