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garden is chiefly educational, and a large part of the in- 

 struction and training is accomplished by the time 

 school closes in June. Some four or five pupils of the 

 grade who have shown special interest and diligence are 

 selected to care for the garden through the summer, 

 but always under proper supervision. These pupils 

 share in the crops that mature within this period. The 

 time required of a child for the care of a grade garden 

 during vacation is usually not more than two half days a 

 week. 



The community garden serves excellently for group 

 instruction at the school. It provides practical training 

 for the children who can have no home garden; more- 

 over, the united efforts of the community insure a con- 

 tinuous care of the plot, which is not always possible 

 when the individual-plot method is followed. A fur- 



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FIG. 5. A school-supervised home garden. These gardens are especially suc- 

 cessful in suburban communities and in smaller cities and towns; yet in the 

 crowded city of New York space was found for more than 80,000 of them in 

 1917. 



