GARDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS 



Agriculture are anxious to help this kind of work. 

 The former gives you all the seeds you need, free 

 of charge. Write to some well-known seed houses 

 for catalogues, and you will get particulars about 

 all the different varieties. Go to your Public Li- 

 braries, and you will find the most fascinating 

 books, many written especially for children, tell- 

 ing you just what to do. ''When Mother Lets Us 

 Garden," by Frances Duncan, is one of the best 

 and simplest, while *' Little Gardens for Boys and 

 Girls,'' by Higgins, ''Mary's Garden and How It 

 Grew," by Duncan, "Children's Library of Work 

 and Play Gardening," by Shaw, and "The School 

 Garden Book," by Weed-Emerson, are all intensely 

 interesting. 



If you find yourself so successful in your work 

 that you have more flowers and vegetables than you 

 can use, remember that there are always plenty of 

 poor people in your own town who would gladly 

 accept your gifts, and any church organization 

 would tell you how to reach them. If, however, 

 you are trying to earn some money for yourself, 

 you can always find regular customers glad to buy 

 things fresh from the garden. 



For a meeting place during the summer, why not 

 plan a flower club-house? Perhaps some of the 

 dear old grandmothers will give you a few hoUy- 



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