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Ten days later, or twenty days after planting, a third applica- 

 tion of nitrate was given in the same manner as the second. 



The results of our experiment are fairly shown in the two 

 accompanying illustrations. While the different varieties had 

 different growth periods, one in particular having less foliage 

 than the others and maturing more quickly, on the average the 

 radishes in the fertilized bed were ready for market a week be- 

 fore those in the checked plot. At any given time after the 

 roots were fairly started, the difference in the two plots was 

 very apparent, both foliage and root being sturdier in the rad- 

 ishes of the fertilized plot. In the illustrations, the photo- 

 graphs being taken on the same day, the difference in the in- 

 dividual plants may be seen by comparing the single speci- 

 mens which lie in the foreground between the rows in either 

 bed. 



The claim is not made, neither did the class understand, 

 that in this experiment we were exploring the unknown or 

 contributing to the advancement of science through trust- 

 worthy data, save as scientific advance lies in the guidance of 

 children, through actual experience in genuine problem-solving, 

 into an appreciation of scientific method. Children so taught 

 may not become scientists, but they will be the more ready in 

 later life to accept the teachings of science, and from their 

 ranks will come its patrons. 



SCHOOL-GARDENS IN ELIZABETH CITY COUNTY, VA. 



By ELLEN GUY LINDSAY 



At the beginning of the present session, the school board 

 of Elizabeth City County decided to add nature-study and 

 school-gardening to their course. In the county there are four 

 large grammar schools and a number of one-room buildings. 

 A supervisor, Miss Lewis, a student from Cornell University, 

 was employed to take charge of the work. She visited the 

 country schools and planned and directed the garden work in 

 the large schools. Last fall only one garden was laid out, but 

 this spring three are under cultivation. 



At the West End School of Hampton, the garden is 120 x 

 120 feet. It contains class plots for the first and second grades 

 and individual plots for the third, fourth, fifth and sixth grades. 

 The garden was laid out for the pupils, and their first work was 

 planting. 



