New-York tribune., 1900-09-23

5ae aeag good people: they have intention Of
INSTEAD OF FLOWERS. VEGETABLES.
No. cannot say that my garden was success
this year said little Mrs Smith pIaintivey. Tt
was q great disappointment, as we had just moved
into little place out OF town. and I so wanted
il 10 be gay with flowers. Neither Jack nor know
anything about planting. but thought II would
be easy 10 have good vegetable garden and flower
garden. bought lots of books and sent for all
the catalogues We could get We fairly revelled in
the rich masses Of flowers and splendid looking
vegetables that. in order 10 have according 10 the
catalogues, II only necessary 10 put the seeds
into the ground Our man Mike, who was newly
imported good natured Irishman. seemed as inter
ested in the place as We were ourselves, and made
the flower beds around the house and the little vege
table garden back OF the kitchen with the great
est care Jack went to the seed store himself and
asked the salesman 10 be sure and give Us good
seeds 50 We felt as If success were certain. Just
about sowing time. however my sister was taken
H. and 7 had go home 10 be with my mother
so 7 eft the seeds with Mike. who promised 10
plant them carefully and 10 follow my instructions
implicitly. When 7 returned the seeds were all
planted. and I eagerly awaited results. They
showed themselves. TO my great JOY. very soon but
the flowers 70 my surprise seemed coarser and
more vigorous than the vegetables. They all ap-
reare5 10 be thriving and I praised Mike, 10 his
great delight for his successful gardening After
they had been UP q couple OF weeks Mrs Brown. a
reighbor OF ours whose pretty house and grounds
were one Of the show places Of the neishborhood
came 10 make visit
I see You are very utitarian Mrs smith she
remarked. looking at my nicely growing flower
beds around the house.
How 50? 7 asked. not understanding the why
and wherefore OF her remark
%. Why YOU have onions and rurnips and radtshes
growing in your beds instead OF flowers ! think
+ is really quite original idea"
I literally gasped with dismay as a dreadful
suspicion occurred 70 ne
Are YOU sure l faltered-
Mrs Brown looked a ne in surprise. ana then
could not keep her face straight a. the situation
became apparent 10 her
~ * a mistake" she exclaimed laughing And
YOU thought all along they were rowers- Excuse
me nv dear but I never heard anything so funny
IN nv life and the n0rr-d woman sat down on
ye-anda chair and laughed unit! she cried Why;
those are onionsr she exclaimed pointing 10 bed
that thought composed Of the nnesi Carna-
tons and that is parsley. and those are radlsnes
nd the big oval full OF beets- on, dear, II -
too droIt Excuse my Hlirth. but you should Sc
yo11- when she saw was realiy
Incoming offended she cha nsed suddenly into sym
nafhv and kindness promised ne enough seedlings
from her own garden 10 i'll my beds. and was
really very nice. But 1 couldn't get over IL
called Mike. who. poor fellow, looked puzzled ana
shIire. an did just yez tould me-" he eX-
claimed refuIly. scratching his head 'Ihe pack
are with the red ribbon seq you. around the
house and the package with the green rlo6on oacK
directly opposite. but what was the good Of blam-
ing him The deed done. garden was
zp0ied and Mrs Brown had story that would
delight the neighbOrhOOd. OF course. We trans
planted the vegetab bles ana repanted me oeas o4t
the weather was hot and things faded away and
= said nv garden was not success But cT5
Thing. however. I did succeed IN obtaining, ana
that IS experience.