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that the la>t bird fed on one trip was the first one fed on the 

 next. All of these things the children learned at first hand. 



The night of June first there was a hard rain storm, and on 

 the next trip the nest was found torn in halves with one part 

 of it on the ground. The party made a systematic search of 

 the neighborhood for the young birds but they were not found. 

 This was a real calamity to the pupils and much sympathy was 

 manifest for the lost birds. The next day one of the girls or- 

 ganized a searching party to look again for the unfortunate 

 fledgelings. Xine pupils thus made the four-mile walk but found 

 no trace of them. The children tried to pacify themselves with 

 the idea that the young birds were probably large enough to 

 take care of themselves. 



The interest in birds thus aroused did not die with the de- 

 struction of the nest. Two of the girls and one of the boys 

 had an opportunity, the following year, to make observations 

 on another pair of nesting robins nearer home. Some of the 

 parents spoke of the great interest in birds aroused in their 

 children by the study of this nest. Two of the mothers said 

 that they would have to study birds in order to keep up wth 

 their children. A study of a bird's nest such as was made 

 here makes sermonizing on bird protection unnecessary. 



The School-Home Garden 



E. C. Bishop, 



I shall speak of that phase of work which may properly be 

 called the "home-school gardening" or better the "school-home 

 gardening" work. 



The work in school gardening in cities where organization 

 and funds permit close supervision of the work during the sum- 

 mer vacation is being so well carried out at a number of points 

 that from the experiences there we can form some statements 

 relating to procedure which may safely be accepted as workable 

 directions. But the greatest problem of general interest now is 

 that of the school garden in localities where the beginning of the 

 summer vacation means practically the discontinuance of active, 

 organized eflfort in the school garden. The problem of the school 

 garden for rural and town and village schools is yet far from a 

 happy solution. 



Too manv school gardens have had a most interesting begin- 



