GARDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS 
children’s outgrown playhouse, donated for the 
purpose, served as a convenient place to keep the 
garden tools. 
The garden work created general interest in all 
nature study, and the children would go on trips 
to gather all kinds of grasses, wild flowers, and 
swamp treasures. These were dried, then classi- 
fied, and later presented to the Public Library for 
the use of teachers and students of botany. And 
the little lame boy mentioned made a really beau- 
tiful collection of butterflies. 
If the club you organize wants a community 
garden, almost any owner of a vacant lot will give 
you its use,—especially if you offer in return to 
give him some fresh flowers and vegetables. If you 
prefer, however, you can have your gardens on 
your own grounds. Then a committee of your 
elders could be invited to give you suggestions as 
to the flowers and vegetables best adapted to your 
location and soil, and also to act as judges at your 
show. For, of course, when everything is at its 
best you will want to have an exhibition. Perhaps 
some father or mother will offer a prize,—a book 
on gardening, a vase or a plant for winter bloom- 
ing. 
Remember that both the Department of Agri- 
culture at Washington, and your State College of 
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