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AN INDOOR GARDEN 



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and the'manner in which the seedlings come through the ground 

 and the parts first seen, etc. A copy of the plan of the garden may 

 be placed in this book. If small garden tools are provided the 

 children may aid in the construction of the garden, in the case of 

 older children they can do all the work. This will give them a 

 personal interest in it. 



After the garden has been made, the Nature-Study lessons may 

 be devoted to a study of the care of the garden, the eradication of 

 weeds, the importance of toads, birds, spiders, good and bad insects 



II. Garden After the Plants had 

 Developed 



in a garden. In, the advanced grades lessons on layering and cut- 

 tings could be worked out. Other studies such as, reading, 

 language lessons, drawing, and geography may be correlated with 

 the Nature-Study lessons and in this way interest in these subjects 

 may be greatly stimulated. Likewise, the children and through 

 them possibly the parents, will become interested in having outdoor 

 gardens of their own. Teachers will find the following books and 

 pamphlet of use in planning either an outdoor or an indoor garden : 

 Nature-Study— Fred L. Holtz, The School Garden Book, C. M. 

 Weed and P. Emerson. "School Exercises in Plant Production,' 

 Farmers' Bulletin 408. 



