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diseases, wouiuls, etc., as well as the diffei-ent kinds and uses of horseslioers' 

 tools and the processes of shoeini; to meet different conditions and needs. 



Teaching the rudiments of cooking in the class room, Kstkli.k Reel (Wa-sJi- 

 iiif/iou: Govt. Printing Office. JSKiG, pp. 62). — Primary methods and outlines pre- 

 jiared as a guide for teaeliers in the Indian schools, who are urged to give at- 

 tention to histruction in cooking as one of the features of regular class-room 

 work. The work is included in all years of the Indian school work. Sample 

 lessijns are given, as are also outlines of courses in cooking used in Chicago 

 schools, at the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, and in rural 

 schools ahout Norfolk, Va. 



Agricultural practices and morals, E. J. Wokti.ev ( hiiif/.stuii. Juinaka: 

 iUlHCdt'KDia] KuppUi Co.. IDllG. pp. 2'i. pt/n. 0). — A manual of practice for use in 

 the i)ublic schools of Jamaica. 



Agriculture in our public schools, E. J. Kyi.e {(Jidf Coast Line Mag.. 2 

 ( l!)06), Xo. 2, pp. 11 78). — A discussion of the need of teaching agriculture in 

 public schools, suggestions for garden work from September to INIay, a list of 

 six suitable text-books for use in this connection, and a syllabus for an elemen- 

 tary course in agriculture taken from Circular GO of this OfHce. 



Concerning nature study and primary agriculture, T. H. Scheffer (Indus- 

 triali.^t. J.? (1906). .To. 1, pp. 3-9). — This is an interpretation of the causes of 

 discontent with rural life and an effort to find a partial remedy for this condi- 

 tion through the introduction of nature study and elementary agriculture into 

 the rural schools. The article is suggestive of methods of presenting these sub- 

 jects and dwells upon the importance of pleasant surroundings for both school 

 and. home as an element in creating a love for the country. 



Report of the committee on school gardens and native plants for the year 

 1905, II. S. Adams [Trans. Maxs. Hort. aS'oc, 1906. II. pp. 11.3-293, pi.<<. 9).— 

 This is the last report of the Committee on School Gardens and Native Plants, 

 it having been decided, to discontinue the work with children's herbariums 

 and native plants and confine the efforts of the committee henceforth to the 

 encouragement of gardening among children both in school and at home. 



The report for 1905 deals with children's school gardens, home gardens, 

 herbariums, ami exhibits of native plants. Abstracts are given of addresses 

 made at a children's garden conference held in Horticultural Hall, Boston, 

 Deceml)er 2, 190.5. The sub.iects of these addresses are as follows : School 

 (iarden Work in Boston Schools, by Miss Esther F. Hallowell ; School Gardens 

 as a Preparation for College, by F. A. Waugh ; The School Garden as a Factor 

 in Village Improvement, by Philip Emerson; Children's Gardens from Frost 

 to Frost, by II. D. Ilemenway : School Garden ^York in Cleveland, Ohio, by 

 Miss Louise Klein Miller ; Children's Garden Exhibitions, by A. H. Hixon ; 

 School Garden Notes, by F. ;M. Marsh, and Ten Minutes in a Boy's Garden, 

 by Miss Elizabeth S. Hill. 



The report also includes reports on school gardens at Cobbett School, Lynn, 

 Groton, Lincoln, and Sewall schools at Brookline and Fairhaven. 



The report closes with a number of accoiuits of children's home gardens and 

 a list of prizes and gratuities awarded in 190.5. 



An outline in garden study, Rektiia ;M. Brown et al. ( [Ili/anni.-;. Ma.ss.: 

 Aidlior. 1906. folio]). — This is a chart prepared by the teachers of the State 

 Normal School, Ilyannis. Mass., showing diagrammatically how school garden 

 work ma.v be related to other subjects in the primary school. 



School gardens, W. W. Livingstone (Affi: Eeon., 39 (1906). .Yo. .'/)/. /;. 

 ,,'77. ////. /). — The writer discusses the value of school gardens as aids in nature 

 .study teaching and describes brieliy the nature of such work in Staffordshire 

 and Surrey counties, England. 



