IN VACATION AND TERM TIME 



felt in the improvement of home premises. The 

 gardens of several other neighborhoods could well 

 compare with the much-praised improvements in 

 those sections of Dayton influenced by the lesson 

 of the Boys' Gardens of the National Cash Register 

 Company of that town. 



The utilization of a garden in connection with 

 two schools of New York city illustrates what can 

 be done when there is a will to make a way. In 

 one case a 3J foot border around a 90 foot play- 

 ground was made by tearing out the concrete and 

 carting in soil. The garden cost $80. It grew 

 in the spring cosmos, beans, lettuce, beets, nas- 

 turtiums, radish and sweet alyssum; in the fall, 

 one row each of daffodils and hyacinths and six of 

 tulips were planted. Down town in Greenwich 

 Avenue another small garden (see page 238) holds 

 the interest of many little folks. Each grade 

 and each division is represented by two young 

 farmers who not only take care of their section 

 in the garden but must be able to tell their 

 classmates all about its growth. These lectures 

 are supplemented by the nature-study teacher. 

 Work in the garden is enjoyed by the drawing 

 classes also. 



New York has no school gardens officially 

 recognized as a part of her school system. There 

 are a few in connection with the vacation schools. 

 DeWitt Clinton Park School Farm belongs to 

 the municipal park system. Though it offers 

 nature study material to nearby schools and ob- 



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