L. L. MAY & CO. 
ST. PAUL, MINN. 
Oup PFlnting Department Issuing Helpful Litepature for the Little 
Folks for Their Gardens 
teachers, that excellent thing of which we hear so much and 
see so little, is encouraged. 
It is to the teachers, primarily, that we are addressing 
ourselves, for it is they who comprehend, chiefly, the value 
of this work, and it is they who must give it the impetus that 
will make it a success. Tell the children about the school 
garden movement; select some teacher in your school who is 
enthusiastic about gardening; let her form a little club or 
School Garden Association with an advisory board of the 
older members, and let the children, as far as possible, take 
matters into their own hands. 
It is an easy matter to procure ground ; the owner of any 
vacant lot will gladly let you use it, for it not only improves 
the ground itself, but adds greatly to the neighborhood and 
surroundings. Give each child his own little plot and let him 
pick out his own seed. 
HOW TO ORBER 
We will send one of these booklets to each teacher in your 
school, and an order blank envelope to each child. Let the 
