“Now we come to stage two of this working drawing (Drawing II).  I wish a 4-ft. path going down to the centre bed from the points A, B, C and D. Place your ruler, Jay, on point A, for you may draw now.  Measure to the right of A 1/4 in. and to the left 1/4 in., and place dots at these points.  You have the width of your 4-ft. paths.  Do this same thing at points B, C and D. Number these points 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8.  With very light lines connect points 1 and 3, 2 and 4, 5 and 7, 6 and 8.  Where the line 1-3 cuts the second circle from the centre, letter the intersections E and F. The intersections of 2-4 mark G and H, of 5-7 I and J, and of 6-8 N and L. You now see the outline of these paths running through the garden.  Let us border each path with two 1-ft. borders.  So place the ruler at point 1 and mark off two 1/8 in. spaces by dots.  Do the same at points 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8.  Connect the opposite dots by light lines.

“Now let George take the third stage (Drawing III).  Go right over the inside circle so as to make it stand out boldly.  Strengthen line 1 to E, 2 to G, 3 to F, 4 to H, 5 to I, 6 to N, 7 to J and 8 to L. Now these circles should be strengthened and lines erased that interfere.  That leaves curve EI, GJ, LH, and FN standing out clearly.  You see in the drawing one-half the garden plan erased and all right.

“After Myron has erased every line (Drawing IV), you will see the garden plan in all its neatness.  Place the measurements on the drawing.  It looks well, does it not, boys?

“These are the steps.  Any of you can work out your plan if you have one to work out.”

“Now boys, for the shop!  Myron, Jay and Jack are to work on the coldframe.  Peter will have an evening’s work printing this planting table.  Albert will tell us the use of the dibber and make you one each from all these old handles.”

Albert, assuming a grand oratorical manner, gave the boys the benefit of his search for knowledge.  “A dibber is a pointed tool, usually a stick, used to make holes for planting seeds, bulbs, setting out plants and transplanting of seedlings.”

Off they all trooped to a little workshop back of the man’s home.  Soon the boys were hard at work, sawing, whittling, and setting up type.

[Illustration:  A sturdy dibber.  This needs no directions for the making.  The cut tells the story.]

Here are directions for what the boys made.

DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING A COLDFRAME

Hemlock was the wood Jack used.  The lumber for sides and ends is one inch thick while strips marked A and B are one and one-fourth inches thick.  Cut out pieces 14 in. x 5 ft. 7 in., and 10 in. x 5 ft. 7 in., for the back and the front.  Cut two pieces 14 x 36 in. and shape them according to drawing for the ends.  Nail these four pieces together to form the frame.  The sides should be nailed to the ends.  Use ten-penny nails and drive them slantingly.