CHAPTER II 



THE CHILDREN'S GARDEN is A LABORATORY IN WHICH 



TO TEACH HOW WEALTH, HEALTH, COURAGE, 



ENERGY (FRESH AIR AND GOOD FOOD) 



^AND HAPPINESS ARE TO 



BE GAINED 



The Garden is the place to teach and illustrate some 

 of the knowledge much needed in the education of 

 children. Here Nature shows over and over and over 

 just how she works. Her lessons are truthful, and 

 there is plenty of opportunity to verify them in the 

 endless repetition. The child, as it develops, will 

 watch, absorb the lessons, and apply the knowledge 

 in its own life. 



In no other laboratory, perhaps, does the child 

 learn so quickly and so clearly that " knowledge is 

 power." Experience with children has proven the 

 Garden to be a great incentive to acquire that class of 

 knowledge which will give power what the average 

 man terms practical information. That method of 

 education which develops resourcefulness in the in- 

 dividual is worthy of consideration. 



In the elementary education there should be sim- 

 plicity and directness. The laws which control mental, 

 moral and physical welfare are each year becoming 



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