the disappointment that is so frequently the lot of be- 

 ginners in gardening. 



Since this movement, like others of the same nature, 

 must depend for its final success upon the children now in 

 school, the needs of the classroom and school garden have 

 been kept clearly in mind. Comparatively few children 

 enjoy the privilege of expert guidance in plant culture and 

 garden work. Consequently a text covering the subject 

 thoroughly and written in simple language which the child 

 can easily understand, will be found necessary to success- 

 ful work. 



Today almost every school is planning in some way to 

 help solve the urgent question of the food supply. With 

 Garden Steps in the hands of each pupil, the work may 

 easily be made definite and successful. Instructions 

 needed in the early spring, for planting, indoors and out, 

 are fully given. During the summer months, when the 

 pupil is not in touch with his instructor, the book will 

 prove a sufficient guide in tending the growing plants. In 

 the fall, when the crop matures, the young gardener will 

 find in Garden Steps what he needs to know about gather- 

 ing and storing away the ripened crop. 



The author wishes to gratefully acknowledge his in- 

 debtedness to the following, for the use of illustrative 

 material : Joseph Breck & Sons ; the Bristol County Agri- 

 cultural School; R. & J. Farquhar & Company; Fottler, 

 Fiske, Rawson Company ; the Extension Service of the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College at Amherst ; and Miss 

 Clara Endicott Sears, organizer of the Canning and Dry- 

 ing Club of Harvard, Massachusetts. 



