GARDEN CITY MAYOR MAKES APPEAL 



Juhl F. Gerdts, Garden 



To the mottiers and fathers who have 

 children attending the Junior Gardens: 

 I think this may interest you. I sup- 

 pose your children have been telling 

 you what a wonderful city we have. I 

 think, in fact, it is one of the finest 

 things that could happen for the school 

 children. Some time ago we had an 

 election of the officers who help con- 

 duct the city-. 



As we have just started this move- 

 ment, we have not yet got everything 

 we want. We intend to make many im- 

 provements. Among them we need first 

 a bank, next a tool house, and several 

 more things would be quite convenient. 

 We want to make this movement both a 

 pleasure and a profit to the children. 

 Every child that attends the gardens 

 has a plot. They all raise vegetables, 

 and if they follow instructions there is 

 no reason why each one should not 

 make $5 during the term. 



City Mayor (Berkeley) 



Now, this is what we want to ask of 

 you. If each parent will buy one dol- 

 lar's worth of vegetables in advance 

 from their children's gardens, we will 

 be able to raise the amount of money 

 needed. We can hardly ask the uni- 

 versity for it, because they have do- 

 nated us the land. So, if you are inter- 

 ested in your children's gardening we 

 wish you would help them and us at 

 the same time. You are respectfully 

 invited to attend at the hours on 

 Wednesday from 2 o'clock until 4:30 

 and on Saturday from 9 until 12 o'clock 

 and see how the garden city is carried 

 on. "No vegetables will be sent out 

 unless they are as good as those se- 

 cured at the markets." 



The gardens are open to all children 

 from the ages of 6 years to 16 years. 

 All we ask is to think the matter over 

 and attend our gardens, and I am sure 

 you will help us in our work. 



An Experiment 



HARRY WALKER, 



Eighth Grade, Niles School. 



One day at our school in Niles 

 Professor Stebbins, our agricultural 

 teacher, gave us an experiment which 

 goes to show that leaf capillaries carry 

 nourishment to all parts of the plant. 



First, he took a small glass of water 

 and nlaced a small amount of red ink 

 in it. This was' to color the water red. 



Next he took a lily leaf which had 

 a medium length stem and placed it 

 in the glass of water. In a few days 

 he cut the leaf into many parts and 

 each part was slightly colored along 

 the veins showing that the colored 

 water was carried through the stem to 

 parts of the leaf. 



