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believe, that a love of Nature and perception of her 

 beauties and a knowledge of flowers, are the dower 

 of those who are country born and bred ; by which 

 is meant reared upon a farm. I have not found this 

 true. Farm children have little love for Nature and 

 are surprisingly ignorant about wild flowers, save a 



Terraced Garden of the Misses Nichols, Salem, Massachusetts. 



very few varieties. The child who is garden bred 

 has a happier start in life, a greater love and knowl- 

 edge of Nature. It is a principle of Froebel that 

 one must limit a child's view in order to coordinate 

 his perceptions. That is precisely what is done in a 

 child's regard of Nature by his life in a garden ; his 



