FOR YOUNG GARDENERS. 9 



Establishing a School Garden may change the entire 

 healthfulness of a neighborhood. The school grounds, 

 themselves may be better planned and more healthful, but 

 the best effect may be at the homes. The School Gardener 

 soon wants a garden at home. No matter how small the 

 yard, there is room for a garden for the boy or girl, even if 

 it has to be established in a soap-box. There is much waste 

 room often used for ashes, tin cans, or rubbish in many 

 yards. What was once unsightly, unsanitary, and unpro- 

 ductive, becomes a resort of beauty, of health and utility 

 for a whole family. It opens up a source of revenue, 

 creates a love of industry, and respect for property, and is 

 often the beginning of better things. The gardener be- 

 comes a better American citizen. 



Learning habits of close observation. 



