GARDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS 
ened by a tall, unsightly elevated railroad,—were 
invited to form a club that would be taken once a 
week out on Long Island to garden. A vacant lot, 
one hundred by one hundred and ten feet, in Flush- 
ing, about twelve miles away, had been offered for 
their use, and some of the older people saw that the 
ground was first properly ploughed up, for, of 
course, the children couldn’t be expected to do that 
kind of hard work. 
But they could, and they eagerly did see that 
the soil was then properly prepared by breaking up 
the clods, removing all the sticks and stones, and 
getting the earth raked beautifully smooth. Sev- 
eral Flushing ladies agreed to help, making out 
lists of the flowers and vegetables most easily grown 
there, getting the seeds free by asking for them 
from their Congressman at Washington, and then 
showing the children how to plant. 
First a five-foot border was measured off clear 
around the lot, for a flower bed, and each child had 
its own section. After finding out what each one 
wanted to grow, one bed was planted to show how 
the work should be done,—the depth to put in the 
seeds, the distance the rows should be apart, the 
way to cover, besides the placing of the tallest 
flowers at the back or outer edge, and the lowest 
or edging plants along the foot path. 
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