FOREWORD 



the subject in the summer school of New York 

 University, constituted the chief part of my 

 preparation. Visits to some of the best gardens 

 in our own country and Canada were also made. 

 Later, at the suggestion of Miss Mary Marshall 

 Butler, of Yonkers, N. Y., the Russell Sage 

 Foundation asked me to spend a summer study- 

 ing school gardens with a view to this publication. 



I have endeavored to make the book a readable, 

 reliable statement of what seems fundamental 

 in school gardening. It would be impossible to 

 mention the names of the many persons, reaching 

 into the hundreds, who have helped in gathering 

 data. Almost without exception all who were 

 asked gave generously of their interest, knowledge, 

 and illustrative material. Some of the latter was 

 unavailable. What has been used shows special 

 phases of the work and as wide a range as possible 

 of school garden activities. Frequently busy 

 men and women gave from half a day to several 

 days of their time. Without such assistance this 

 book could not have come into existence. 



The writer acknowledges with sincere appre- 

 ciation the courtesies received from the following: 

 Assistant Secretary Hays; Professors L. C. 

 Corbett and Dick J. Crosby, of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture; Miss Susan B. Sipe, 

 Supervisor of Nature Study in the District of 

 Columbia and collaborator in the Department of 

 Agriculture; Miss Louise Klein Miller, Curator of 

 School Gardens, Cleveland, Ohio; Miss Florence 



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