[Elizabeth Sowing Small Seed from the Package]

[Myron Transplanting His Long-rooted Strawberry Plants]

[Katharine Transplanting Her Flowers by a Method of Lifting]


PART I—THE GARDEN CLUB

I

THE GARDEN CLUB

The door opened. A gust of wind and rain literally swept five boys, wet and breathless, into the room. The man at the big oak table in front of a huge open fire looked up, smiled, and said, "Off with your duds, boys! Bar the door securely, Jay, for it's a wild night. Throw a fresh log on the fire, Albert. And all line up."