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lowed agriculture and in their primitive state de- 

 pended entirely on the chase, thus differing from 

 many of the tribes of the east and the south. It 

 is to change them from this manner of Hving that 

 the school and school garden are instituted among 

 them.''— Letter. 



Edward Martin, Director Public Health and 

 Charities, Philadelphia, writes: "In the slums of 

 Philadelphia^ I have found that in the houses 

 where there are flowers — a result of our school 

 gardens^there is neat cleanliness, although all 

 around is squalor." 



"School gardens in the slums of a number of 

 cities have taught more civic righteousness than 

 all the police courts or college settlements have 

 been able to do." — Quoted in Keen's " Philadel- 

 phia School Gardens." 



Miss Louise Klein Miller, Curator of School Gardens, 

 Cleveland, Ohio. 



"The work of gardening is all wholesome and 

 conducive to making better, stronger boys and 

 girls and more industrious, law-abiding citizens." 

 ■ — "Children's Gardens," page 71. 



"Experience has taught that this is the best 

 possible kind of work for this (defective) class of 

 children. It opens a new avenue for future oc- 

 cupation." — Letter. 



"It ministers directly to physical well-being; 

 helps to establish habits of punctuality, regularity 



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