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SCIENCE SERIES 



Edited by JOHN W. RITCHIE 



GARDENING 



AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEXT 



TREATING OF THE SCIENCE AND ART 



OF VEGETABLE GROWING 



BY A. B. STOUT 

 Director of the Laboratories 

 New York Botanical Garden 



THIS text emphasizes the educational as well as the 

 practical aspects of gardening and was prepared as 

 a guide for both teacher and student. 



It furnishes a broad scientific background for an ap- 

 preciation of the plant as a living thing, and with this 

 working knowledge of plants as a basis for practical 

 gardening gives exact and detailed instructions for the 

 actual growing of the various garden crops. Theory 

 and practice are presented together, and the art of 

 gardening is made an intelligent application of principles 

 to methods. 



The book has been made as complete as possible and 

 every device is employed to make the content applicable 

 to all sections of the country. The garden steps de- 

 scribed are based on practical experience and a thorough 

 knowledge of plant growing. 



The well-ordered, concise, practical course outlined in 

 Gardening will be of great aid in giving form and value 

 to school-garden work. To the inexperienced teacher 

 of the subject the book will prove of especial value. 



Cloth, xvi + 354 pages. Illustrated. 



WORLD BOOK COMPANY 



YONKERS-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK 

 2126 PRAIRIE AVENUE, CHICAGO 



