CHILDREN'S GARDENS 



and watching them develop would afford the 

 primary children the greatest pleasure and 

 profit. 



The collecting instinct being strong in chil- 

 dren of the third and fourth grades, the making 



Rhododendron: Garden Hybrid. 



of the wild garden will be profitable to them. 

 As far as possible the flora of the region should 

 be represented by a specimen of each variety, 

 arranged in systematic order. When the plants 

 multiply, the children can start their own wild 

 gardens instead of taking plants from their 

 native haunts, from which some of the rare 

 species are rapidly disappearing. 



Children of the fifth and sixth grades are 

 more practical in their interests, and like to see 



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