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A unique feature of the Salisbury vacant lot garden was a fine 

 crop of broom corn. Twenty-four hand made brooms, selling at 

 75c a piece and enough seeds to sow ten acres came from this plot, 

 the original seeds being saved from two volunteer plants sown by 

 birds the previous year. 



Board of Education — Department of Superintendence — 

 Grant Building, 17TH and Pine Streets 



SCHOOL GARDENS NOVEMBER 1919, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



The School Garden season opened April 1st, 19 19, with 15 

 regular school gardens in session and 49 victory gardens. 



The term for these gardens was seven months, from April 1st to 

 October 31st. 



One supervisor directed this work, which was in charge of 49 

 teachers, who with the aid of eight gardeners, organized and carried 

 on the work in their respective gardens throughout the season 



Many of these gardens were the means of helping to humanize 

 and educate the communities in which they were located. In one 

 instance an unsightly dump was transformed into a garden spot, 

 where the neighbors now co-operate to make a better community. 



In a few of the regular gardens, certain days were set aside for 

 the sale of excess vegetables. The profits thus gained, to be kept 

 as a source from which to draw for extra equipment for the garden. 



The crop report for the season amounted to $4,532.06 in the 

 school gardens, and $5,055.99 in the victory gardens, making a 

 total of $9,588.05 for all gardens for the season. 



The number of children under instruction averaged 1,303 daily. 



Early in the season, the management of the school garden 

 activities was transferred from the Division of Physical Educa- 

 tion to that of Practical Arts and Vocational Education and will 

 continue under the control of the director of that department of 

 education. 



NATURE STUDY AND GARDENING IN THE GRADED SCHOOLS, 



WASHINGTON, D. C 



NORMAL EXTENSION WORK 



Ten gardens, covering one and three quarters acres, were culti- 

 vated by four hundred boys under three teachers in 19 19. The 

 work began in April and was regarded for boys of the sixth grades, 



