lOO NATURE STUDY RFJ'IEW [9 :4— April, 1913 



bulbs, netted us thirty-one dollars that we shall use this coming 

 spring in making the garden still more attractive. 



Some of our money we shall use in purchasing garden tools 

 which children rarely bring from home. 



DISTRIBUTION OF FLOWERS AND VEGETABLES. 



We have a thriving ^Mothers' Clul) in connection with the 

 school and a committee was appointed from the club to distribute 

 the flowers around the neighborhood or take them to the hos- 

 pitals during the vacation. ]\Iany of them were given to the 

 churches for decoration. We have given away many plants, 

 bulbs and seeds to the children and neighbors. 



Now that our garden is so large there are many seeds that 

 can be saved in the fall. The children make seed boxes or 

 envelopes and go out with the teachers and gather them. 



When giving a drawing lesson it is of inestimable value to 

 the teacher to be able to have a garden at hand where specimens 

 enough for an entire class can be secured instead of having to 

 depend upon the possible chance of the children bringing them. 

 Each fall we have sent a load of vegetables to the Children's 

 Home of our city and sometimes the parents supplement this 

 offering with vegetables from their own gardens. We have 

 never failed to find some kind neighbor who will loan his horse 

 and wagon to us for such occasions. 



The garden has proved to be a veritable beauty spot for the 

 entire neighborhood and seldom is anything molested, although 

 it is rarely locked. On Sunday afternoons any number of the 

 people may be seen strolling around but never offering to touch 

 a flower. They know that it belongs to the neighborhood and 

 respect it accordingly. 



CARE IN SUMMER. 



One of the greatest problems confronting us is the care of 

 the garden in summer. No one is regularly employed to have 

 charge of it and unless you have a summer school or have the 

 janitors there it is a problem, as children certainly need super- 

 vision and encouragement in caring for their gardens. Our 

 Mothers' Club helps to some degree in this respect. 



A shed for the garden tools should be built that is accessible 

 to the children, and some person understanding children and 

 gardening should be with them part of each day. Much better 

 results would be obtained if this were possible. 



