Books and Periodicals 



School and Home Gardening. By C. H. Magee, S. C. Kel- 

 leher, and N. H. Foreman, Manila, Philippine Islands : Bureau 

 of Education, Bulletin 31 (1910), 45. 



Gardening as outlined in this bulletin is prescribed for all 

 elementary schools in the Philippine Islands. The following 

 subjects are considered: objects of school gardening, divisions 

 of the Avork (school garden, home garden, nurseries, orna- 

 mental plants), selecting" site, fencing, planning and plotting, 

 preparation of the soil, choosing plants and seeds, keeping 

 records, tools, transplanting, time, care of plants, disposition 

 of products, germinating bed, cultural directions for thirteen 

 common vegetables, seed for next crop, keeping seeds Barrio 

 Schools.- There is much in this bulletin of value for school 

 gardening in the United States. The bulletin is well illustrated 

 by plates and figures.: — B. M. D. 



School Gardens in Hawaii. By Vaughan MacGaughey, 

 Southern Workman, July 1910 (Reprint pp. 11). 



This report contains an account of the development of 

 school gardening in Hawaii, characteristics, race factor, point 

 of view (school, home market) management, list of vegetables, 

 references, and outlook for school garden work. The fact that 

 the school garden may be so readily adapted to the school 

 conditions of our Island Possessions should encourage a great- 

 er use of school gardens in this country where better school 

 conditions exist.* — B. M. D. 



Nature-Study. By H. L. Kent, Keene, N. H. State Nor- 

 mal School Bulletin (1911)), 51. 



"The work in nature-study is intended to supply the child 

 with carefully selected experiences which will contribute most 

 to his development and put him in best relation to his environ- 

 ment." The practical application of this idea is discussed in 

 the introduction to this bulletin. It is followed by a number of 

 typical lessons worked out in considerable detail, e. g., the 

 radish (6 pages), seed testing (2 pages), apple-tree studies (11 

 pages), sanitation and hygiene (7 pages). The lessons pre- 

 sented are very suggestive as to method of actually presenting 

 nature-study material to children. — B. M. D. 



Nature-Study and Elementary Agriculture in California. 



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