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GAEDEN CLUBS IN SCHOOLS OF ENGLEWOOD, N. J. 



Avas, indeed, one garden which Avas completely destroj^ed in this way, 

 and a few other cases where some injury was done. Most of the 

 damage occurred in sections where gardens were in groups. The 

 garden which was completely destroyed came to a sad end because 

 it was constantly improved with plants taken from adjoining gar- 

 dens. The boys who owned the surrounding gardens were unable to 

 appreciate such a thrifty method, and expressed themselves defi- 

 nitely. On the whole, however, the boys and girls respected each 

 other's work and treated it accordinglv. 



Trees were the cause of many partial failures. Their branches 

 cut off the necessary sunlight, and the roots robbed the gardens of 

 their moisture and plant food. When man}'' trees were present the 

 efforts of the children were poorly paid. 



SAND-PIT SHOWING CAUSE OF EXTREME DRYNESS IN SOME PARTS OF 



TOWN. 



EXCURSIONS. 



The members of the gardening clubs were taken in club groups on 

 automobile trips through the neighboring agricultural region. The 

 citizens of Englewood were very accommodating with their cars, so 

 that it was possible to take a different group on every day from 

 July 5 to July 13, with the exception of Sunday, Jul}^ 9. 



Some of the points of interest visited were well-managed upland 

 truck farms, muck-land vegetable farms, fruit farms, a duck farm, 

 a chicken farm, a dairy farm, a stock farm, seed-testing grounds for 

 a large New York concern, a nursery, and the school gardens of a 

 neighboring town. The following essay will give some idea of the 

 value of these trips. It was hurriedly written some time after the 

 trip by a boy who was making his first trial at gardening. He and 



