The Infant is exultant at the evident and direct result of her dealings with the fairies, and keeps a plate of astonishing goodies by the nursery hearth fire; these, if the fairies do not feast upon personally, are appreciated by their horses, the mice.

His name is John Bartram Penrose, a good one to conjure with gardenwise, though he is no kin to the original.  He has fresh-air lungs, and if he does not wax strong of limb and develop into a naturalist of some sort, he cannot blame his parents or their garden vacation.

MARY PENROSE,

her [Illustration:  ROSE MOTIF.] mark.

[Illustration:  PUNCH ...  HAS A CACHE UNDER THE OLD SYRINGA BUSHES.]

FOR THE HARDY SEED BED

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NAME                |TENDER   |        |       |       |
|OR HARDY | COLOUR |HEIGHT |SEASON |REMARKS
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Aquilegia-COLUMBINE | H.P.*   |        | 3 ft. |June   |Columbines are among
|         |        |       |       |the most graceful
Chrysantha          |         |Golden  |       |       |and easily raised
|         |yellow  |       |       |of hardy plants. 
Coerulea            |         |Rich    |       |       |They will thrive in
|         |Blue    |       |       |open borders, but do
Glandulosa vera     |         |Blue and|       |       |better in partial
|         |white   |       |       |shade, after the
|         |        |       |       |habit of our local
|         |        |       |       |species, the “Red
|         |        |       |       |Bells” of hillsides
|         |        |       |       |and rocky wood.
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CANTERBURY-BELL     | H.B.**  |        | 2 ft. |June   |Old-fashioned plants
Campanula media     |         |Blue,   |       |       |of decorative value.
|         |white,  |       |       |As with all
|         |pink    |       |       |biennials, the plant
|         |        |       |       |dies soon after
|         |        |       |       |maturing seed; a new
|         |        |       |       |sowing should be
|         |        |       |       |made each spring and
|         |        |       |       |seedlings
|         |        |       |       |transplanted as soon
|         |        |       |       |as the old plant
|         |        |       |       |dies; this secures
|         |        |       |       |strong growth before
|         |        |       |       |winter. 
CHIMNEY BELL-FLOWER | H.P.    |Blue    |3-4 ft.|Aug.   |Desirable because of
|         |        |       |to     |of its late blooming
Campanula           |         |        |       |Oct.   |combined with its
pyramadalis         |         |        |       |       |striking appearance.
|         |        |       |       |Should be planted in
|         |        |       |       |connection with the