which means color and color only. I have already objected 

 to the Garden Roses and Hydrangeas and add now the great 

 mass of Geraniums. Not one should be planted in our 

 kindergartens unless it be a vari-colored f oliaged one, varie- 

 ties which usually lack in brightness of bloom. A bunch of 

 flowers picked by the child as it passes along the beds 

 and, surely, we do not intend to punish our charges for such ! 

 should attract the eye less than the thought. Plants 

 which produce a sudden burst of color are excepted from 

 such iron-clad rule. To them belong, for instance, the 

 Gladiolus and Flags. Either of them is a stately plant and 

 the glow of the coloring of the former specially gives the 

 child a surprise which we cannot equal with other kinds. 



The greatest importance is placed by me upon those 

 flowers which have faces, as it were. A child well notices 

 the difference such blossoms display when they are held one 

 way or another. And if he does not, are we not to develop him 

 through association of characters which will shapen his 

 mind and ideas? It is in days of after-years that he 

 recalls the impressions he now receives while under our 

 care. What is not understood, or realized, for years and 

 years, the mere fact that it exerted a silent influence bears 

 results no matter how irresponsive the mind appeared to be 

 at the time it was subjected to this association. 



The Pansies take foremost rank amongst the flowers with 

 faces. But a Pansy is not a Pansy by any means. It re- 

 quires exactly as much care to raise a poor flower as the 

 most noble of all, and it is our sacred duty that we raise 

 nothing but the most perfect. The faces of Pansies are like 



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