CHAPTER XIII 



The Work of a Children's 

 Garden Club 



I am ever being taught new lessons in my gar- 

 den : patience and industry by my friends the birds, 

 humility by the great trees that will long outlive 

 me, and vigilance by the little flowers that need my 

 constant care. 



— Rosaline NeisTi. 



Did you ever see the boy or girl that did not want 

 to get up a club ? I never did ; and the reason is 

 that people, young and old, like to both work and 

 play together. Now a garden club is really worth 

 while, and although I might simply TELL you 

 how to proceed after getting your friends to meet 

 and agree on the purpose, you probably will get 

 a much clearer idea if I relate what a certain 

 group of little folks actually did accomplish. 



Fifteen boys and girls living in old Greenwich 

 Village, — -today one of the poor, crowded sections 

 of New York City, where even the streets are dark- 



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