PREFACE 
This little manual has grown out of 
the experience of the author in children’s 
garden work, and is the answer to the 
many inquiries which are received from 
various points all over the country from 
persons who are enthusiastic and realize 
the purpose and advantages of the school- 
garden movement, but who have not had 
the agricultural advantages and training 
to understand the best methods of making 
and conducting a garden so as to get good 
results from an agricultural and horticul- 
tural standpoint. It is hoped that this 
little book will be an inspiration to begin- 
ners in the school-garden movement, and 
an aid to those who already have school 
and children’s gardens, so that they can 
obtain the best results from agricul- 
tural, esthetic and educational stand- 
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