32 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL f^lOCIETY. [1904. 



learning habits of industry, keeping the boys occupied when, 

 otherwise, they would be on the street, and the physical develop- 

 ment in the pure air, — these are some of the things w^hich 

 are of far greater importance than garden produce, both to 

 the boys and to the state. The practical nature study is of 

 fundamental importance to the boys and girls of today. 



What is said of the boys' classes is equally true, and perhaps 

 more so, of the girls. Girls have not now the same liberty, 

 especially in the city, that even the boys have in the open 

 air. Learning habits of close observation and coming into 

 loving contact with nature and with nature's God, cannot help 

 but make boys and girls stronger, more intelligent, truer, 

 nobler citizens. 



During the lecture, Mr. Hemenway showed slides of children's 

 gardens in Dayton, Ohio; Hyannis State Normal School of 

 Massachusetts; Providence, Rhode Island, Vacation School; 

 Boston Normal School; Franklin School of Boston; and George 

 Putnam School of Boston; The Hopedale School, East Dedham; 

 Hampton Institute, Virginia; School Gardens, St. Louis, 

 Missouri; Riverside, California; Normal Schools, Willimantic, 

 Connecticut; Children's Farm School, DeWitt Clinton Park, 

 New York; Hartford, Connecticut; Horace Mann's School, 

 Minneapolis; School 29, Rochester, New York; schools in 

 France, Germany, Haw^aii and Porto Rico. 



One school garden worthy of especial notice is that connected 

 with the Broadview, Boys Institute, Toronto, Canada. 



This is a boys' club, an institute of non-residents, with a 

 membership of over 500, mostly from the homes of artisans. 

 In addition to the outdoor sports for the summer is a course 

 in agriculture and nature study. Last year they cultivated 

 twenty-seven miniature farms, two boys in partnership to a 

 farm. The twenty-seven farms constituted a township, the 

 farmers electing their reeve and municipal council, who had 

 •charge of the township; appointed a path-master, constable 

 and weed inspector. A fall fair was held and prizes given 

 for the best vegetables and flowers. The experiment was so 



