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products, with a parterre set aside for the especial attention of 

 each member. The school garden with its individual plots has 

 already proven a real success and so it is certain that the child 

 at home will revel in its "ownership" of a parterre, cultivating 

 a love for nature and for tidiness which will be valuable always 

 and everywhere. Aged folks sometimes fairly yearn for occupa- 

 tion, some pleasant task really their own a source of gentle 

 exercise and of pride. They will appreciate a parterre, also. 



And because joy in gardens is so general, a vegetable gar- 

 den beautiful is quite as appropriate for other places as for the 

 private home. Neighbors can band together in a community 

 garden, clubs can go forth en masse to conquer the goodly 



Fig. 13 And because the joy in gardening is so general, a vegetable 

 garden is quite as appropriate for other places as for the private home 



