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pupils giving the value and need of gardening. Pupils ten years 

 of age who had a garden spot not less than one hundred fifty square 

 feet in area and who promised to look after their gardens all the 

 summer and do most of the work themselves were enrolled in the 

 U. S. S. G. A. 



Toward the beginning of May all the gardens were visited by 

 the regular grade teachers and all unsatisfactory ones weeded out. 

 The city was then divided into seven districts and each pupil's 

 home garden was visited every two weeks. During these visits 

 the pupils were instructed as to the care of crops, the preparation 

 of the soil, succession planting, etc. 



For this purpose the instructor had a special record card on which 

 he kept his records as to the instructions given, crops harvested, 

 amounts canned, amounts sold, time spent in the garden, etc. 



To stimulate the work two exhibits were held in each school, one 

 in June and one in September. The best exhibits from each school 

 were then collected and placed on exhibition in one of the larger 

 stores in the central part of the city. At each of the exhibitsc 

 numerous prizes and blue ribbons were awarded. These exhibits 

 proved to be very interesting and educational both for the pupils 

 and the general public. The prizes were given by various mer- 

 chants and banks. 



The report from Supervisor Clayton F. Palmer of Los Angeles 

 will appear in the May number of The Review which is to be 

 devoted to the Pacific Coast Nature-Study activities. 



