The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13
Tella About Her Garden.

The next day the sun shone brightly and the day was clear and cool, so paid my second visit to Aunt Tiny. as she had promised to show me the garden, and to tell me all about the classification of the flowers, and why she had named them for the denominations. So, throwing an old shawl over her head, Aunt Tiny led me through the back porch, with It's walls adorned with discarded paper ice cream boxes.
 "Why. Aunt Tiny, you must be very fond of ice cream" said I.
 "No; I'm not So fond of ice cream, but I keep my flower seeds fin those boxes and mark each box, so they dry out and never get mixed.
 Now, as I am a Methodist" said she, .I'll show you them first. Here they are. Ain't they pretty?" pointing to the bright red geraniums. which she called the lead CTS of the Methodists; ''and there are some more Methodists over there," point ing to the perennial phlox.
 'The roses are not blooming now, but they are Methodlsts, too. All of these want rich soil and plenty of sunshine, not much water, and don't want to be over shadowed. They will all have the black rot, sure, if they get too much water. They don't stop blooming, but go on all season, growing in grace. They surely believe in the perseverance of the saints. They are ubiquitous Now. let me tell you about that word. heard 1t used once about these flowers. and for all my forty years school teaching had to run and get dictionary to see what 1t meant. But I guess you know 1t means every where. and you know that's one good thing about the Methodists.
 ''The Presbyterians are not blooming now call that big white June lily a Presbyterian because 1t is firm in belief and never changes color or type. The wild columbine, now our national flower, is. Presbyterian, too. It doesn't jump around after fsms' or mix with other columbines, but roots out all the others in the mess All columbines except this one have to have a net around them to keep from mixing. See those big red dah- lias and that bunch of hollyhocks, and the Rose of Sharon, by the fence? call them Catholics because they think their noses are a little nearer Heaven than anybody else's. And, worst of all, they take up a sight of room. But for years they kept the garden bright when there weren't any others to do it. just as the Catholics did for the world in the past.
 Here's Baptist" handing me a mag enta partulacca, "and there's some more" pointing to the verbenas and what was left of the heliotropes. They like to be off to themselves like the close-commu- nionists, and don't want to be overshad- owed. They like plenty of water, and want their toes in a puddle and their heads in the sunshine If heliotrope gets dry at it's toes it turns black and has the dry rot"
 where are the Episcopalians?' said I.
 "Oh, they ain't blooming now; but they are those big spotted Japan lilies, all for show and outward form. Make a grand display, like the Episcopals.
 I've named the China asters the Chris tian Church, because they have gone un- der more names than any other denoml- nation. They were first Complexities. then Disciples and Reformers, and now Christians, and so it is with the asters. Some say they came from China and cali them China asters, some say quill asters. I can make quill aster any time I choose by fertilIzing 1t. Others call them fail roses and some even say chrysanthe- nuns. They take lots Of water, too.