Book List for This Week 



1. "A Little Garden Calendar" by A. 

 Paine. (Book review concerning same 

 by Helen Diehl.) 



2. "Trees Shown to Children" by J. 

 Kelman. 



3. "First Book of Forestry,' by Roth. 



The Ideal Home 



'A Little Garden Caiendar" 



HELEN DIEHL, 



Oakland. B Fifth Grade, Franklin 



School 



The book entitled "A Little Garden 

 Calendar," written by Albert Paine, 

 tells about the different flowers grown 

 in the different months. 



The story part is about a little boy 

 named David, his sister Prudence and 

 the gardener. 



In January the children are told all 

 about seeds and how to plant them in 

 flower pots. Then in February the 

 little plants come up. The children are 

 told how to care for them. 



In March David and Prue discover 

 that some of their little plants are 

 really radishes. 



In April the showers come and the 

 children find that the yellow dust or 

 pollen is food for the seeds. They are 

 told how seeds are fertilized in May. 



June is the month when they go 

 down to the strawberry patch. 



The next month is July, when weeds 

 are studied. 



In August they learn about the dif- 

 ferent kinds of leaves. 



The next month is September and 

 the children are told about the servants 

 of the flowers. 



The month of October is the time 

 when the scattering of seeds is studied. 



In November they are told about an- 

 nuals and perennials. 



The last month is December, when 

 they talk about the Christmas tree. 



The book is very interesting. 



Other teachers should take advan- 

 tage of the Junior to vitalize composi- 

 tion work. Boys and girls, why do you 

 not send me in more letters? 



If gardens are started in cans or 

 pots be sure to use soil containing 

 one-third sand. The soil should be 

 wet at least 24 hours before stirring 

 and using. Get the soil ready before 

 placing it in the cans. Do not keep 

 the soil too moist. Why do, you gar- 

 deners use water so much? Saturday 

 morning followed a heavy rain, yet 

 six of the Berkeley gardeners asked if 

 they might irrigate. One club has 

 failed just because the boys and girls 

 "puddled" the soil. 



Perseverance 



LLOYD PETERS, 

 Sixth Grade, Pitts School 



We have joined the Junior Garden- 

 ing club and in the spring we hope to 

 do something in the vegetable line. We 

 have received our seeds and were glad 

 to get them, and now we hope soon 

 to get our papers and pins. We have a 

 few house plants and will have more. 

 We had some bulbs three years ago 

 and some turned out good and others 

 were failures. This year we have some 

 more bulbs in tin cans, all the same 

 size, and hope they will grow well. 

 Still, if they do not we will keep on 

 trying. 



The children of the B Fifth grade, 

 Franklin school, Oakland, have formed 

 in miniature on a sand dirt table in the 

 schoolroom an ideal home. The teacher, 

 in connection with her nature study 

 work, has been teaching the children 

 the points to be considered in making 

 a beautiful home. This is nature 

 study well aimed, indeed. The arti- 

 cles below were written by two mem- 

 bers of her class. — Editor. 

 AN IDEAL HOME 

 Stewart Carter 



An ideal home must have plenty of 

 sunlight and pure air. The house should 

 be placed on a slope, where the water 

 will run off. It should have a good out- 

 look or view, such as a lake that you 

 can just see a little of through the 

 trees, or a meadow filled with flowers, 

 hills in the distance or any pretty view 

 of nature. 



If you have a garden do not cut it up 

 by planting different kinds of flowers 

 here and there, but make it look rest- 

 ful. You should not have paths that 

 wind around too much, but just have 

 slight turns. To make it pretty mass 

 the foliage. Do not have a tree or bed 

 of flowers right in the middle of the 

 lawn. Have it open in the center. Have 

 colors that harmonize. If you have a 

 variety of flowers that blend plant them 

 according to height. 



AN IDEAL HOME 

 Eunice Fones 



An ideal home must have plenty of 

 pure air and sunshine. It should not be 

 closed in by high buildings nor be near 

 any factories. 



The drainage should also be good, 

 otherwise the water would get in the 

 basement and it would not be healthy. 

 The home should be on a slight hill. 



The ideal home should have a good 

 outlook, such as a lake, meadow or 

 hills. 



The garden should look restful, flow- 

 ers that blend placed next to each other 

 and the paths slightly curved. The tall 

 flowers should be near the fence and 

 the smaller ones in front. 



An Appreciation 



DOROTHY DOW 



Our teacher, Mrs. Melquiond, is hav- 

 ing us write about our gardens. I have 

 planted a garden at home that is doing 

 better than the one at school. In my 

 home garden I have planted lettuce 

 and radishes that are coming up, and 

 carrots, onions and spinach that have 

 not yet come up. 



For flowers I have planted sweet- 

 peas, poppies and pansies. Monday I 

 am going to plant more seeds in my 

 school garden. We wish to thank Pro- 

 fessor Stebbins for all the things that 

 he has given us to start the garden 

 with, and know that he will be glad 

 to learn that they are doing well. 



In Piedmont there is a model twen- 

 tieth century school sitting high on a 

 hill. We were pleased, indeed, with 

 the cosy homelike building and its 

 big family. Each child in the school 

 from the first to the eighth grade has 

 a garden. This week we hope to have 

 them join our big class. 

 * * * 



We hope that you are studying the 

 garden lessons. Can you answer all 

 the questions? The lessons should be 

 kept on file and used as a textbook. 



