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



The above quotations were taken from the papers of visitors 

 of the second, fourth, and seventh grades. All of the others 

 showed the same interest in their work. 



The climax of the garden work was reached in the celebration 

 of Garden Day on September 25. The main feature of the day 

 was a display of products grown by the children. Each child 

 brought specimens of his vegetables, or flowers, or both. These 

 were arranged according to grades in the large play room of the 

 children. The display was really very creditable. Eight long 

 tables were completely covered. There were twenty -four different 

 kinds of vegetables, and about twenty flowering plants. The 

 best diplay of each kind ot plant in each grade was given a blue 

 ribbon, the next best a red ribbon, and all the rest a white ribbon. 

 In this way every child received some recognition of the effort 

 he had made. 



Using the card records as a basis another grouping of the children 

 was made. Class A — included those children whose card records 

 showed excellent care or arrangement of their gardens. Class B— 

 included children of second rank in care and arrangement. Class 

 C — included all other children who had done something in garden- 

 ing. Class D — children who had done special work in beautify- 

 ing home grounds. All the lists were published in the little 

 weekly paper of the town. 



A second feature of Garden Day was a program: At the close 

 of school all the children of the club, their teachers, parents and 

 a few other invited guests gathered in the gymnasium where a 

 program of much interest was given. The children themselves 

 were the chief participants. Each branch club had elected one 

 of its members to represent it. The children told in a most 

 natural fashion their experiences in growing their plants. An 

 eighth grade boy described all the steps taken in raising sweet 

 corn from the breaking of the ground till the crop was harvested. 

 A seventh grade girl said that while she had grown a number of 

 plants she was going to tell us about the one that had interested 

 her most. This was the castor bean, a plant she had never tried 

 to grow before. She told of its rapid growth, the great height it 

 had attained, its peculiar flowers, the beauty of the foliage, and 

 how it might be used as a shrub to improve the appearance of the 

 home grounds. 



