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Dick J. Crosby, of the Office of Experiment Sta- 

 tions, Washington. 

 ''Experience has shown that devoting four or 

 five hours a week, or even two hours a day, to 

 nature study and gardening, if properly conducted, 

 enables the pupils to accomplish more in the re- 

 maining time than they formerly accomplished 

 in the whole time spent in school/' — American 

 Civic Association, Dept. of Children's Gardens, 

 Leaflet No. i. 



Dr. Benjamin Marshall Davis, Miami University, 

 formerly of the State Normal School, Chico, 

 Cal., and author of "School Gardens for Cali- 

 fornia Schools." 

 "The greatest value of these gardens lies in 

 making up to the city child somewhat for the fact 

 that contact with nature is almost wholly left out 

 of his life. They form the basis of the most prac- 

 tical sort of nature study possible in cities. In 

 many cases, no doubt, the amount of money 

 spent for charts and other so-called aids to study, 

 would be sufficient to cover the expense of a gar- 

 den. But such an investment in a garden would 

 be a clear educational gain because much of the 

 illustrative material for geography and other 

 subjects would be prepared by the children." — 

 "School Gardens for California Schools," page 9. 



President Eliot of Harvard, says: "A leading 

 object in education for efficiency is the cultivation 



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