52 NATURE-STUDY REVIEW [11:2— Feb., 1915 



One of the most interesting features of the work in Portland 

 has been an inspection trip made the week before school closes. 

 This party of inspection includes city and county officials, promi- 

 nent educators, of the city and state, representatives of the Agri- 

 cultural College, newspaper reporters and other interested persons. 

 The whole day is given to the trip and as many gardens are visited 

 as possible. At noon a fine luncheon is served by the domestic 

 science department of some school, at which all the vegetables 

 are products of the school gardens. The school gardens are 

 divided into different classes and divisions on the basis of experi- 

 ence and size of the areas of ground cultivated. Ribbons only 

 are awarded as prizes. Cash prizes are given by the Parent - 

 Teachers' Circles for the best home gardens in the districts, and 

 others for the best in the whole city. 



The work in Portland is now on a firm basis and will be con- 

 tinued during 1915, under the supervision of Mr. A. E. Weed. 

 A bulletin entitled, "School and Home Gardening for Elementary 

 Schools in Oregon," compiled by the author of this article, has 

 been issued by the Oregon Agricultural College as College Bulletin 

 No. 176. This bulletin was issued for the purpose of stimulating 

 interest in school gardening in the smaller cities and towns of 

 Oregon. It contains a brief description of the various phases 

 of school gardening and is illustrated with sixteen cuts and seven 

 diagrams of plans for laying out different areas of ground. Copies 

 of this bulletin may be had by addressing the writer of this article 

 at Oregon Agricultural College, Corvallis, Oregon. 



Beautifying Work as Nature-Study 



Margaret Dolan 



Effective use of the children in a general beautifying plan while 

 they are students in the regular agricultural course in the public 

 schools has been made in Los Angeles, California, and the close 

 of the spring term will have demonstrated what degree of success 

 has been achieved. The general activity on the part of the little 

 folk was stimulated when, in the summer of 1914, a large committee 

 of citizens was appointed to beautify the city and county for 

 exposition year and to provide entertainment for a large number 

 ot conventions and visitors. 



