“I would rather have tulips,” Vevi said, burying her nose in the crimson bouquet she had gathered. “They are the most beautiful flowers in the world.”
“I would like a bed of nothing but Golden Beauties,” declared Connie.
“How soon can we have our flower bed?” Sunny Davidson asked.
“I will have the plot spaded and raked tomorrow so that the ground is even and workable,” the librarian promised. “If you speak to Mrs. Langley about it, I am sure she will give you plants from her estate.”
“I’d like pansies,” Rosemary said. “And forget-me-nots.”
Sunny thought the bed should be planted with marigolds or late-flowering plants such as asters or chrysanthemums. Connie favored geraniums, while Jane thought an old fashioned herb garden would be the most interesting.
“I just want tulips,” Vevi said again. “The Brownies should have a tulip garden while the festival is going on.”
“I wish we had thought of it earlier,” Miss Gordon replied. “Since we didn’t, I am afraid you will have to forget the tulip bed, Vevi.”
After gathering armfuls of tulips at Windmill Farm, the girls set the stems in tubs of water so they would not wilt.
Just then Mr. Van Der Lann came in from the field. He spoke to everyone and bestowed a very special smile upon Miss Mohr.