CHILDREN'S GARDENS 



and tells of some of the knowledge now needed and 

 easily acquired through the medium of the garden. 



Under the practice, it tells how to prepare and lay 

 out the ground, and how to instruct and control chil- 

 dren in gardens of from twenty to five hundred plots. 

 Then, in detail, it takes up each step of the work, and 

 describes how to do it. 



The aim throughout is to emphasize two points : 

 that the knowledge and training to be gained is vital, 

 and that it can be made quite simple and delightful. 



This book should appeal to all teachers of primary 

 education, in fact, to all who have to do with the care 

 of children; parents, heads of institutions, and physi- 

 cians. It should also appeal to all novices at garden- 

 ing, for, while especially for children, it has much in 

 it of value to the adult who is a beginner. 



Real estate men will find food for thought in the 

 suggestion that simple garden instruction will help 

 many to better enjoy and be willing to stay in their 

 suburban homes. 



Railroad presidents, who are searching for the 

 means to awaken people to a better use of the land, 

 will find in this book perhaps the key to the situation ; 

 that a rational treatment of the subject in the school 

 days of all children, will, in a few years, result in 

 the very spirit which they desire. 



HENRY GRISCOM PARSONS. 

 New York, March i, 1910. 



