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Brief Pointers for the Busy Teacher 
The following brief instructions are for the busy superintendent and 
teacher, who would like a general idea of how to introduce school garden¬ 
ing, but have little time to read up on the subject. 
A good plan is to select some teacher, or other person who is 
interested, and enthusiastic on gardening, and who has some general 
knowledge of the work; there is usually a person having these qualifica¬ 
tions in almost every school. Turn the work over to her and success is 
assured. 
We will supply a booklet like this for every room in your schools, 
and a four page illustrated order blank for each pupil. 
Have each teacher tell the children about the school garden move¬ 
ment, how it is sweeping over the country, its importance as an educa¬ 
tional factor, etc. and ascertain how many would like to order seeds at 
a penny a packet. 
Make out a requisition on the enclosed post-card, for as many order 
blanks and booklets as will be required to supply your school, but please 
do not order more than you believe you can distribute where they will 
be used. 
Instruct the children to take the order blanks home, and have their 
parents help to make the selection of varieties, and to return the orders 
to you, together with the money to pay for same. Any rules that boards 
of education may have adopted prohibiting teachers from selling articles 
to the children does not apply on seeds, as almost every state has passed 
laws requiring the teaching of agriculture, and by asking the parents to 
help select the seeds places all responsibility on them, and not on the 
teacher. See page 26. 
Send all orders to us, being careful to keep all orders for each room 
separate. Seeds will be delivered to you, all delivery charges prepaid, 
each individual order in large sealed envelope, with the original order 
blank attached, and printed cultural instructions included. 
Each teacher may select free seeds to the value of ten per cent, as 
compensation for her trouble in collecting and distributing the orders. 
Make your own selection of seeds, using the colored order blank. 
If you have no room for a garden in connection with your school, 
encourage the children to plant little gardens at home. Educators gener¬ 
ally consider the home gardens the most practical, and more than seventy- 
five percent of all the seeds we supply are used in home gardens. 
If you want to create enthusiasm, and make a great success the first 
season, tell the children you will hold an exhibition in September, in the 
school room, or some appropriate place, and award prizes for the best 
exhibits. See exhibitions on pages T4 to 16 in this booklet for further 
information. 
Ask Women’s Clubs, Civic Improvement Leagues, Public Librarians, 
and County Fair officials to help you. We find almost invariably where 
the most successful work of this kind is accomplished, that one or more 
of these orgnizations are back of it. 
Read the little story by Miss Zona Gale on page 38, to the 
children. It will help to create enthusiasm. 
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