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garden is chiefly educational, and a large part of the in- 
struction and training is accomplished by the time 
school closes in June. Some four or five pupils of the 
grade who have shown special interest and diligence are 
selected to care for the garden through the summer, 
but always under proper supervision. These pupils 
share in the crops that mature within this period. The 
time required of a child for the care of a grade garden 
during vacation is usually not more than two half days a 
week. 
The community garden serves excellently for group 
instruction at the school. It provides practical training 
for the children who can have no home garden; more- 
over, the united efforts of the community insure a con- 
tinuous care of the plot, which is not always possible 
when the individual-plot method is followed. A fur- 
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Fic. 5. A school-supervised home garden. These gardens are especially suc- 
cessful in suburban communities and in smaller cities and towns; yet in the 
crowded city of New York space was found for more than 80,000 of them in 
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