SCHOOL GARDENS IN AMERICA 



the like. The school garden of Teachers Col- 

 lege and the roof garden of the Speyer School 

 are phases of the great educational system of 

 Columbia University. The Department of Agri- 

 culture at Washington has given encourage- 

 ment and training to teachers and students of 

 the Normal School of that city, supplying them 



An Experiment Garden, Washington, D. C. 



with instructors and equipment for their work. 

 A portion of the Department Grounds has 

 been devoted to a children's garden. Another 

 very important phase of this work is being 

 carried on in Washington by those interested 

 in improving the condition of the poor. These 

 gardens, about five hundred in number, are in 

 all parts of the city at the homes of the children. 

 There are twelve experiment gardens, under 

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