L. L. MAY & CO. 
ST. PAUL, MINN. 
are putting on the market, contain only the finest varieties, 
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easiest culture, and best adapted to the ordinary garden. Our 
seeds have stood the test of a quarter century for purity, and 
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in the horicultural world. 
Orders must be accompanied by cash or postal money 
order. . 
HOW TO BEGIN THE CHILDREN'S GARDEN 
The term "School Garden" means a garden in connec- 
tion with the school, operated by the pupils, in the interest 
of education. It is, in a certain sense, a public affair. In its 
working out it may be treated in three ways : divideded into 
(1) individual plots where each child works his own plot (2) 
dual plots where two pupils work on one plot and (3) com- 
munity gardens where there are no divisions but where the 
whole garden is planted as one area and all the pupils have 
a general interest in it. Vacant lots in the vicinity of the 
school building should be easy to secure as the gardening not 
only improves the property, but adds to the environs greatly. 
In St. Paul, when there was not enough available ground 
for more children than those of one grade to work, gardening 
was confined to the fourth grade, so that each pupil might 
have one year of practical work. It is, when all may not 
participate in the school garden that the home garden plays a 
large part. Not only are backyards and rubbish heaps con- 
verted into things of beauty and order, but the child's indi- 
viduality and sense of responsibility is developed, and, often, 
the home garden will prove a money making venture of no 
mean order. 
A combination of home and school gardens is most happy, 
because the child may put into practice at home, lessons 
learned in the school garden, which he has not the space 
there to carry out; but where the combination of the two is 
not possible, the teacher should endeavor to maintain a lively 
interest in the home garden, for many educators consider 
it more practical and satisfactory in its results than the com- 
