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    Rosetta studied the way the flowers had rooted themselves right into the wooden shingles. Then she swung toward Lily, amazed. “This batch—”
    “—turned out just right,” Lily finished for her. She was wearing a huge grin. “And this time, I wrote down exactly how I made them!”

    “Lily!” Rosetta exclaimed at last. “This is incredible! Can you imagine what we can do with seeds like this?”
    Lily nodded excitedly.
    “How did you…? I mean, what can they…?” Rosetta stopped herself. She took a deep breath before going on. “I have a million questions. But the first thing I want to know is…”
    “Yes?” Lily asked.
    Rosetta flew to Lily’s side. She clasped her hands and smiled her sweetest smile. She batted her eyelashes. Finally, she asked, “When can I get some of these seeds?”

L ILY TRIED TO TELL R OSETTA that the seeds weren’t ready to be passed around. Of course she wanted to see them put to good use. But for now, she didn’t feel comfortable letting them go.
    Rosetta, however, was very convincing. In the end, Lily agreed that Rosetta could hand out some of the seeds, but only to other garden talents. They could test them in their gardens. If there were any problems, they could tell Lily before she gave the seeds to the other talents. Lily didn’t want all the fairies to get excited and then find out the seeds didn’t work as she’d said they would.
    But by the end of the afternoon, there didn’t seem to be much chance of that happening.
    Lily herself had spent the day trying the seeds all over her garden. She threw a handful on a hollow log. She sprinkled some on two lanterns that were hanging near the front gate. She tossed seeds on a wicker garden basket, on a plant label, and even on the backs of her gardening gloves. Wherever she tried the panglory seeds, they sprouted—and quickly!
    Lily was eager to find out if any of the other garden talents had tried the seeds. She flew off to see the results.
    “Lily!” Aster cried. She stood up from her gardening when she saw Lily. “These seeds of yours are amazing!”
    Lily glanced around Aster’s garden. She spotted the panglories. Then she realized they were covering the metal garden tools Aster was working with!
    “Can I get some more?” Aster asked hopefully.
    Bluebell’s garden was full of the little flowers, too. All her stepping stones were covered in colorful panglories. “They’re almost too pretty to step on now, aren’t they?” Bluebell said to Lily.

    On her way to Rosetta’s garden, Lily found Iris watering the thick roots of the Home Tree. It was a chore the garden fairies took turns doing. Lily hadn’t seen Iris do it for ages.
    “You know I don’t do much gardening anymore,” Iris said. She had once told Lily that growing things just didn’t come naturally to her, even though she still loved plants and flowers. “But these flowers, Lily…” Iris pulled her plant book from her bag. It was covered in cheerful blooms. Iris smiled proudly. “Even I can grow these!” she exclaimed.
    Lily beamed. It was great that the seeds worked so well. But it was even better that Iris was excited about gardening again.
    At last, Lily reached Rosetta’s garden. Rosetta flew to meet her at the front gate. She grabbed Lily’s hand and pulled her in.
    “You’ve got to see this!” Rosetta told her. She led Lily to an out-of-the-way corner of her garden. Rosetta pulled back a curtain of climbing roses. Behind it was a small pond—a favorite quiet spot of Rosetta’s.
    Lily gasped. All over the surface were flowering panglories!
    “They really do grow anywhere !” Rosetta cried.
    Lily sighed with happiness. Her invention was a success! She finally felt ready to share her panglories with all of Pixie Hollow.

    That evening at dinner, each table had a special floral decoration in the center.
    The garden fairies got to the tearoom early. They sat at their table, trying to stay calm. But they were giggling