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CHILDREN'S GARDENS 



make use of it to increase our strength and happiness 

 and drive our enemies away from us. 



The children's attention can be called to the fact 

 that people who seldom go out in the sunlight, those 

 whose work keeps them in the house or the factory, 

 or the mine, are usually without the ruddy color of 

 those who work much in the sunlight, like farmers 

 and truck drivers. 



The children can put covers over three or four of 



the plants in 

 such a way as 

 to shut off dif- 

 ferent amounts 

 of sunlight, 

 having one 

 cover shut off 

 very little, one 

 cover shut off 

 at least half, 

 and one cover 

 shut off all the 

 sunlight. These 



Photo by the Author 



, _ . ,. should be left 



Uncovered. The turnips were pale ; dis- 



eased ; decaying ; or completely gone in the about SIX or 

 proportion covers shut off sunlight and air ~ pvpn j,, v<; pnr i 

 for seven days ia y s > a 



the plants then 



examined. They will find that the plants have grown 

 pale and sick-looking, just in proportion as the sunlight 

 was cut off. When they lift up the cover, which shut 

 out all the sun, they should approach it carefully and 



