PREFACE 



and energy, with a display of good taste, toward 

 turning the waste places of the earth into spots 

 of beauty and wholesome influence. 



The author writes in the full confidence that 

 her many years of experience, both within and 

 without the schoolroom, as teacher. Supervisor of 

 Nature Study, Director of a School of Horticul- 

 ture and Landscape Gardening for Women, and 

 Supervisor of Children's Gardens have qualified 

 her to be of assistance to those who are desirous 

 of making gardens, but who may not have had 

 the technical training necessary to secure the 

 best results with the least effort. 



The author desires to express her apprecia- 

 tion of assistance and courtesy extended to her 

 by Dr. William T. Harris, United States Com- 

 missioner of Education, for data of the history 

 of school gardens in Europe ; Mr. William P. 

 Rich, Secretary of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society, for reports on the school-garden 

 movement in the United States and West Indies ; 

 Mr. A. H. Mackay, Superintendent of Education, 

 Halifax, for information regarding the progress 

 of work in Nova Scotia and Canada ; Miss Mary 

 L. Gardner, for description of the Kamehameha 

 School in Honolulu; Prof. Alfred R. Rehder, 

 of the Arnold Arboretum, Boston, for photo- 

 graphs of trees and shrubs. 



She is indebted to Dr. James H. Canfield, 

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