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“Tt means that no one can break branches from the trees or pick cultivated 
or uncultivated tewels and not to leave rubbish and paper but to keep the park clean 
and to cee it pretty.” 
6. “Paper spoils the grass. Garbish stops up the ground and makes a smell. 
Some of the trees are rare. Taking branches ae the tree makes its sina less 
and so the tree gets thinner. If you pick one flower, it makes one flow Bag 
7. **It means that if you were to throw papers or garbage around it Asien injure 
the appearance and the flowers are not only for you but for the public. The wild- 
flowers are the same and it would spoil their natural appearance.” 
8. ‘* The Botanical Garden of New York has had the trees and flowers ruined by 
people picking them, so as the flowers will be allowed to remain wees neve forbidden 
any person to pick any kinds of flowers within the bounds of the g: 
“ey. 
around the 
private seronnde as they, the other sole might get that dreadful illness of tuber- 
culosis,’ 
Seventy children were tested. The time neared to ead the notice was three 
minutes ; in one of tl ree rooms, the children were | , but their 
, more confused and in every way less satisfactory in the oth 
two rooms, Answers I and 2 are samples of the result of the two-minute reading. 
Sixty per cent, could define ‘‘ prohibited’’; only thirty per cent. d define 
penalty.”’ e words ao not belong to the vocabulary of the child although he 
is familiar with een dden’’ and ‘punishment ’’ long e comes t 
An inspection of the above report shows that the notice is not 
effective for children under twelve years of age for the following 
reasons : 
1. It is too long; few children can read it in less than three 
minutes ; 
2. The oblique lettering is puzzling; children are not accus- 
tomed to it. 
. The form of expression is too complex; the child loses the 
connection and so fails to grasp the meaning. 
. The force of the notice centers upon the word “prohibited”; 
me great majority of children do not know the meaning of the 
word. 
5. The “protective” coloring not only fails to command atten- 
tion ; it is more difficult to read than black and white. 
6. Owing to the finish which reflects light, there was difficulty 
in placing the board so that all could read at the same time ; in 
every room it was necessary to change the position of some of 
the children. 
