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the two first editions of my pamphlet to be quadrupled 

 and spread about. Other country school counsellors 

 showed themselves friendly to the idea, although in a 

 less energetic manner. 



GARDENS ESTABLISHED. 



Of the school gardens laid out in the spring of 1874, 

 three deserve special' mention. That of the Thomas 

 School, in the Neugasse at Brunn is one, because it proves 

 that room for a school garden can be found in a large 

 city ; a second, in the same city, is added to the orphan 

 house for boys ; and in Vienna, there is one in con- 

 nection with the training deaf and dumb institution. 

 Both the last are noteworthy, because their aim is to 

 create means of instruction and education for unfor- 

 tunate children and those deprived of some of their 

 senses. In 1875 the founding of the school garden in 

 the K. K. German Normal School was a specially im- 

 portant measure. 



The Society of Public Culture will have a school gar- 

 den in the most beautiful Alpine regions of Austria. It 

 brought its influence to bear upon the population by a 

 circular which I prepared for them with great pleasure. 



FURTHER ENCOURAGEMENT. 



That the little pamphlet appeared in its second edition 

 at the Vienna Exposition, and that a fourth is now called 

 for, and that the author has received invitations from 

 foreign countries to pronounce discourses upon the sub- 

 ject, is a proof that at present everywhere the school 

 garden is recognized as the most important foundation 

 of society, and that a good thought, advocated with per- 

 severance, has not to wait long for general co-operation. 



