[Illustration: Susie's garden.]

"Where are you going to get poppies?" asked Donald, looking at the plan
on the paper.

"Uncle Robert is going to send for the seed," answered Susie. "He likes
poppies best of all the flowers. We are going to have nasturtiums, too.
They are to grow by the porch and the fence."

"That will be fine, dear," said Mrs. Leonard. "What a beautiful garden
we shall have!"

"I can hardly wait," cried Susie, dancing along the walk. "Come, uncle,
let's plant what seeds we have now."

"Do we need to do anything to the ground," asked Uncle Robert, "before
the seeds are put in?"

"Only rake over the top a little," said Susie, taking up her rake and
going to work. "It has been spaded. See how light and fine it is
underneath! Ugh! I wish the old worms would keep out!"

"Don't be too hard on the worms," said Uncle Robert. "They are your best
helpers."

"I don't see how that is, uncle," said Susie, looking up in surprise.

"You just said the soil was light and fine," said Uncle Robert. "Don't
you know you have to thank the worms for keeping it so?"