The gathering of eggs should be left to children by turns, 

 also the feeding and watering under proper directions. At 

 time of brooding Bantams are rather more fickle than other 

 fowl, though only hens with exceptional dispositions permit 

 interfering with themselves and their flocks. 



I wish to state distinctly that no parrot has any right to 

 be within our grounds. Do not let us disturb the pleasant 

 company we create with such rude intruders. 



CARE OF PLANTS AND GROUNDS. 



A city nursery will form part of every rightly composed 

 community. It will be an adjunct to the park management 

 of the larger municipalities and as such have charge of the 

 sidewalk trees, boulevards, squares, playgrounds, and school- 

 yards. The care of kindergarten grounds like these is the 

 most simple thing for one trained for such work. A fore- 

 man of the city nursery should have charge of all kinder- 

 gartens. He could attend to twelve in the week's time 

 and all extra work as the annual cleaning and shaping 

 would be performed by garden laborers under his super- 

 vision. The park nursery will provide all the material which 

 is of the most simple and inexpensive kind. As often as 

 a child has injured or destroyed any of our improvements, 

 they are to be re-established and no other punishment than 

 mere advice to be administered. Our improvements are for 

 use, not for ornamentation alone, and those who take care 

 of them are required to place the children in the fullest 

 possession of them. 



53 



