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Excerpt from The Child's Food Garden With a Few Suggestions for Flower Culture Every boy and every girl who has a garden at home, or who is given a plot in a school garden, ought to learn to do the work successfully. Yet, as the author has found, children, especially those who live in cities and towns, know little or nothing about producing anything from the soil, and since the teacher cannot always be present to direct the work, there is danger that discouraging mistakes will be made. For these reasons it seems that a simple printed guide to make clear the first steps may be of the greatest help, especially when the work is done at home. The author has therefore tried to tell the garden story in a very simple manner, knowing that when once started in the right way the young gardener will go on with ever increasing interest and success. The attempt has been made to write a true beginner's book, with directions so clear and definite that any child who can read can understand them. Numerous illustrations have been provided, because these add interest to the work and help to make plain how it is to be done. The importance of encouraging our children in outdoor work with living plants is now recognized. It benefits the health, broadens the education, and gives a valuable training in industry and thrift. The great garden movement is sweeping over all America, and our present problem is to direct it and make it most profitable to the children in our schools and homes. It is hoped that this book will prove useful to children who have gardens of their own, to schools that are engaged in garden work, and to mothers' clubs and other organizations that have become interested in garden work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.