102 XII. Nature-Study. 



Puzzle 850 



Terrarium 27 



Vegetables 1,220 



Seeds 8 



Silo 939 



Berries 32 



Indian Pipe 52 



Length of root 50 



Jack O'Lantern 41 



Bine Jay 437 



Growth of plant 156 



Birds 1,340 



Cats 165 



Schoolhouse 306 



Chicken hammock 50 



Landscape 199 



Home library 90 



The 140,000 pages of the Junior Naturalist Monthly were dis- 

 tributed through the following months : 



October, 1905 40,000 pages 



November, 1905 64,000 pages 



December, 1905 120,000 pages 



January, 1906 120,000 pages 



February, 1906 ; 60,000 pages 



March, 1906 144,000 pages 



April, 1906 72,000 pages 



Maj', 1906 120,000 pages 



It is with pleasure that I call attention to the results of our special 

 effort made to give instruction in children's gardens and junior 

 agriculture in the public schools of the State of New York, during 

 the year of 1905-06. 



At the opening of the public schools of the State in September of 

 1905, we did not have a single pttpil enrolled. At the close of the 

 school year, June, 1906, the total number enrolled was 33,476. The 

 enrollment and instruction given were by means of leaflets and cor- 

 respondence through the teachers. Six supplemental leaflets were 

 published for small children on gardening topics, bearing date 

 and topics as follows : 



November, Children's Plants and How They Grow. 

 December, How to Help Plants to Grow. 

 January, Uncle John's Talk with Gardeners. 

 February, Contest Between Beans and Potatoes. 

 March, Billy Boy and His Garden. 

 April, Peppcrpod's Berry-iwx G^'"''en. 



