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School Gardens in Porto Rico Island. 
Progress of the School Garden Movement 
Childrens school and home gardening is no longer considered a fad, 
or experiment, but is now recognized by leading educators as a very 
important factor in the health and education of the child. The year 1914 
has seen the greatest development in the work throughout the United 
States and Canada, with many successful gardens in Porto Rico and the 
Philippines. 
In our work of supplying reliable seeds at nominal prices, we are 
pleased to report the most gratifying increase in demand, as we have 
received orders from 34,140 schools, requiring almost five million packets 
of seed. It would be impossible to express the pleasure derived from the 
thought that fully a half million children, in every corner of our country 
were learning to cultivate beautiful flowers and choice vegetables from 
the seed we supplied. 
We receive each year a great many requests from school superin¬ 
tendents and teachers, Womens Clubs, and other civic organizations, 
asking for general information along the line of school gardens, clean-up 
campaigns, etc. To this end we each year issue our “School Garden” 
Manual, in which we endeavor to give detailed information covering the 
various lines of work, that naturally result in general civic improvement. 
In this issue we are giving detailed reports from a few cities and 
towns that have been eminently successful in the work. *These reports 
contain much information that will be found helpful to those not having 
had experience. Instructions for planning and planting the school and 
home gardens, with suggestions for holding exhibitions will, we trust, be 
found helpful. 
We wish to here emphasize the fact that we are exclusive school 
garden specialists, devoting our entire time and energy to collecting and 
distributing seeds of the highest quality. Our Mr. Templin, who is a 
practical seedsman of almost forty years experience, spends much of his 
time in visiting the seed growers and inspecting the growing crops. Last 
season he spent three months in visiting the seed growers in Europe, and 
while the war interfered somewhat with his plans, he nevertheless secured 
much valuable information’. Don’t be deceived by those who would have 
you believe that seeds at a penny a packet must of necessity be of inferior 
quality. * The most enthusiastic patrons we have are those who have used 
our seeds the longest. Our motto is, and always will be, 
QUALITY, PRICE, SERVICE. 
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