THE 



NATURE-STUDY REVIEW 



DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO ALL SCIENTIFIC STUDIES OF NATURE 

 IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS 



Vol. 7 



January, 1911 



No. 1 



THREE TYPES OF CITY GARDENS 



By ALICE RIGDEN, Principal Columbus School, Ottawa, 111. 



In March, the children of Columbus School, Ottawa, 111., 

 were organized into three clubs : The School Garden Club, Home 

 Garden Club, and Young Farmers' Club. 



The School Garden Club consisted of eighty members from 

 Grades II to VIII inclusive. Any child who wished to, could 

 join. There were no dues and no expense except for extra seed. 



A FEW YOUNG FARMERS AND THE CHILDREN THEY HELP CARE FOR 



A strip of land 200 feet by 45 feet was loaned to us. We 

 cleaned it of the weeds of years, cut down the underbrush and 

 then let the eighth-grade boys take charge. They spaded it and 

 laid it off in beds 5 by 16 feet. The paths were two feet wide. 

 The boys numbered the beds, from one to sixty, made tickets and 



