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cles, such as flax, cotton, hemp, sugar cane, broom corn, 

 castor-oil bean, and kaffir corn. 



No attempt need be made to raise all of them the same 

 year. Raise two or three one year, and follow those by 

 others the next year, and so on. A few samples of each 

 should be put away from year to year, making in time a 

 valuable collection that may be used in connection with 

 the geography lessons. 



Here, as in school gardening, everywhere the real value 

 comes in having the children carry the work over into the 

 home garden. The children should be encouraged in 

 every way possible to start flower gardens of their own. 

 Some time might well be given to the discussion of some 

 good varieties of flowering plants for the home, how and 

 where to plant them. 



Books and Bulletins: The Nursery Book, Bailey; The 

 Practical Garden Book, Hunn and Bailey. Farmers' 

 Bulletins: United States Department of Agriculture; Beauti- 

 fying the Home Grounds, No. 185; Annual Flowering 

 Garden, No. 195; The School Garden, No. 218; Tomato 

 Growing, No. 76; Potato Culture, No. 35; The Vegetable 

 Garden, No. 94; Potato Diseases and their Treatment, No. 

 91; The Home Fruit Garden, No. 154; Strawberries, No. 

 198; Raspberries, No. 213; The Home Vineyard with 

 Special Reference to Northern Conditions, No. 156. 



