46 THREE ACRES AND LIBERTY 



"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 



" Office of the Principal of Public School No. 7 

 " VAN ALST AVE., ASTORIA, QUEENS 



" I inclose a few compositions that were written by some of 

 our boys and girls of the Fourth Year. You will recognize 

 the descriptions of your Garden Trays for classroom use. 

 Unfortunately the free space in the classroom is limited, so 

 we have found it necessary to allow each pupil only part of 

 a box. 



"The children themselves are delighted, as you can see 

 by their compositions. 



" Very sincerely yours, 



(Signed) "AGNES A. CORDING 

 " Asst. Principal" 



P. S. No. 7 



Grade 4 A April 21, 1915. 

 Arthur Miller, Age 10 



OUR GARDEN 



At first we planted radishes then onions and lettuce and 

 beans and sunflowers. Each one of us have i of a box. 

 When we had finished that we brought them up to the front 

 of the room and then watered them and went home. 



Anna Duerr, Age 8 



MY GARDEN 



I have a garden. It is a box. I have a quarter of a box 

 for my very own. My garden has five rows. In the first 

 there are radishes, in the second lettuce, in the third onions, 

 in the fourth beans, in the fifth sunflowers. I hope my 

 garden grows up. 



