CHILDREN'S GARDENS 



Theoretical Talks. 

 Warmth from sun.... 



How leaves make starch under 

 sunlight. How light affects color 

 of leaves and children. Sunlight 

 and air vs. washing 



Insects Friends and enemies. 

 Cabbage worm and butterfly. 

 Plant lice. Tomato worm and 

 parasites. Ladybugs and larvae 

 and many others, captured and 

 mounted for study. Flies and 

 maggots. 



Practical Work. 

 Thinning plants to get more sun. 



Planting rows north and south to 

 get more sunlight. 



Children learned to know a num- 

 ber of insects and captured and 

 killed a great number of enemies, 

 and when they learned of the 

 use of the ladybugs, they caught 

 them and put them on their own 

 plots. Two insectaries were made 

 by the children and butterflies 

 and caterpillars kept in them and 

 fed and watched. 



Preparing seed bed. 



Planting seeds. 



Transplanting lettuce, etc. 



Weeding. 



Making paths. 



Raking paths. 



Watering plots. 



Thinning vegetables. 



Pulling vegetables. 



Spading, using wheelbarrows. 



Painting and numbering signs. 



Cutting grass. 



Laying sod, etc. 



The children did all the work, and 

 the majority proved quite capable. 

 Only enough was done by in- 

 structors to get them started 

 right. 



