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is prohibitive, because of its activity and the child's 

 weakness. It cannot meet their needs as the garden 

 does, nor the needs of another class of children, viz. : 

 Backward and deficient children. In guiding these 

 children, the emphasis in the work is placed on the 



Photo by the Author 



Bird's-eye view. Children's Garden for tuberculous children at 

 Bellevue Hospital, New York City. Installed and directed by 

 the author in 1909 



doing and making, the manual side. It stimulates 

 them mentally, and the objectiveness of it all places 

 it within their mental grasp. In addition to this, what 

 they do learn, is knowledge they can use. Of course, 

 in common with all children, their progress is im- 



