1911-12] HORTICULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES OF TO-DAY 35 



we are beginning at the very start of life, the children being 

 taught this very interesting study in their gardens. 



We can look for great results in the work of children's gar- 

 dens, of which Worcester has one of the best examples. I refer 

 to the Garden City of Worcester. As we know our ex-secretary 

 was interested in this work, we may feel perhaps that it is in 

 some way connected with this society. I think the fact that 

 these children become owners of property, even of only a few 

 vegetables, creates in them a respect for other property they 

 do not own, a point the children of to-day need taught to them, 

 and to my mind this is one of the best methods of accomplishing 

 this work. We also note that the State Board of Education 

 recommends in every way the Agricultural Schools as well as 

 the Industrial Schools. 



I am very proud of the work that is being done in our state 

 college at Amherst, it has made a great advance in the last 

 decade; having classes in the graduate course that are largely 

 attended, also a summer school which is attended by many 

 teachers. The short courses are carried on in a practical 

 manner. They are addressed by specialists who do not come 

 to them from a literary but from a business standpoint, intend- 

 ing to show them the business and practical side of Horticul- 

 ture. They are also taking up Floriculture so that they may 

 be able to carry it on successfully. In their extension work 

 they have cars, travelling about from place to place with samples 

 of agricultural products that demonstrate what can be accom- 

 plished. Where the individual cannot come to the college, the 

 college is thus brought to the individual, ''When Mahomet 

 would not go to the mountain, the mountain was brought to 

 Mahomet." 



Then there is an experiment station for the benefit of the 

 people of the state, where officials are willing to assist in any 

 way that we want, regarding the analysis of soils and fertilizers. 

 It is interesting to note the result of all this work by comparing 

 the scholars of twenty-five years ago with the scholars of 

 to-day. I happened to be acquainted with the class twenty- 

 five years ago, five of whom I intimately know, and out of the 



