PREFACE 



The author has tried to make this little volume so full 

 of useful hints and practical instruction for young people, 

 teachers, and parents, that it will lead to the making of 

 many good home gardens in both city and country. 



The school garden movement should have for its main 

 object the starting of home gardens by both young and old. 

 All other objects of school gardening, as herein enumerated, 

 should be given a trend towards this one great aim. 



In this volume many simple home and school exercises 

 are briefly outlined, for the purpose of developing the under- 

 lying principles. It will be found that the trial of these 

 exercises will develop much thought in the young mind, and 

 a greater interest will be maintained. 



Suggestions to teachers and club leaders are given in 

 Part III. The first two chapters of the book should also be 

 read by leaders in the garden work. 



Beginners will find the garden calendars and • planting 

 tables very lielpful. The illustrations have been chosen 

 chiefly for instruction and suggestion rather than for mere 

 interest. 



K. C. Davis. 

 December, 1917. 



Knapp School of Country Life, 



George Peabody College for Teachers, 



Nashville, Tennessee. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



The author is greatly indebted for help in making the 

 book more suited to school use, and in making its content 

 reliable and accurate, to a number of experts engaged in the 

 special lines of work related to the subject matter of the 

 chapters they have kindly examined and criticised. 



