CHAPTER III 



SCHOOL GARDENS IN AMERICA 



Children's gardens, instead of school gar- 

 dens, would better express the existing order of 

 things. Various enterprises have been under- 

 taken under different auspices in different parts 

 of the country. Boston was the pioneer, and has 

 done some of the best work — supported by the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, the Massa- 

 chusetts Civic League, the Women's Auxiliarj^ 

 of the American Park and Outdoor Art Asso- 

 ciation, the Twentieth Century Club and the 

 Normal School. 



The largest and most complete garden in 

 this country was established and is supported by 

 the National Cash Register Company of Dayton, 

 Ohio. One of the most technical gardens, where 

 the children have experience in grafting, bud- 

 ding and greenhouse work, is at the School 

 of Horticulture, Hartford, Conn. The garden 

 at the Hyannis Normal School has a vital con- 

 nection with home interests, and with business 

 training through the practical experience it 

 gives in buying, selling, drawing checks, and 



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