SCHOOL GARDENS IN AMERICA 



the like. The school garden of Teachers Col- 

 lege and the roof garden of the Speyer School 

 are phases of the great educational system of 

 Columbia University. The Department of Agri- 

 culture at Washington has given encourage- 

 ment and training to teachers and students of 

 the Normal School of that city, supplying them 



An Experiment Garden, Washing Lun, D. C. 



with instructors and equipment for their work. 

 A portion of the Department Grounds has 

 been devoted to a children's garden. Another 

 very important phase of this work is being 

 carried on in Washington by those interested 

 in improving the condition of the poor. These 

 gardens, about ^ye hundred in number, are in 

 all parts of the city at the homes of the children. 

 There are twelve experiment gardens, under 

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