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HILDREN'S GARDENS 95 



work, they should now be given their diaries and 

 while right beside their plots make an entry. The 

 instructor may suggest for this first day, when they 

 do not know just how to begin, that they put in the 

 date, the condition of the weather, the names of the 

 seeds planted, and then they should leave the garden 

 for the day. If there are many classes to plant, do 

 not begin the diaries until the next day. 



Writing up the diaries. DeWitt Clinton Park 



In handling large numbers of children they should 

 be told not to ask questions this first day, but attend 

 strictly to the business of getting the seeds into the 

 ground quickly and properly. After this first day the 

 children should be encouraged to seek by observation 

 and questions all the information they desire about 

 the things in the garden. If because of a drying 

 breeze, lack of rain, or perhaps a soil that dries very 

 quickly, it may be wise to water the lettuce and onions, 

 and perhaps the radish row a little every day until 

 they are above ground. But, after this the children 



