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Gardening as part of the school curriculum began in the United States in the early 1900s and is still thriving today. Magazine articles, education and extension bulletins were written to support the growing of food and the responsibility of gardening for children. At the advent of World War I, the US Bureau of Education with funding from the War Department created the United States School Garden Army (USSGA) to boost the concept as well as morale. The target audience was urban and suburban boys and girls, ages 9 through 15, and their teachers. This was one of the first attempts by the BOE to establish a curriculum nationally. It was also an attempt to help in the war effort by having the schools help grow food. To support this program a series of documents were written and distributed. Among these were the USSGA Manuals and Guides, and 17 School Home-Garden Circulars. The subjects covered growing vegetables from seed, growing flowers, building hotbeds and coldframes, organic matter and soil health, regional guides and others. As well as primary sources of gardening information from 1919, these guides are still applicable to the teachers, parents and gardeners of today. --Suzi Teghtmeyer, Agriculture, Botany and Forestry Librarian
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A course in vegetable gardening for teachers
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Washington, D.C. : Bureau of Education, Dept. of Interior, 1916
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United States. Bureau of Education
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Published as School home-gardening circular 2
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A few good books and bulletins on nature study, school gardening, and elementary agriculture for common schools
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Washington, D.C. : United States Dept. of Agriculture, Office of Experiment Stations, 1903
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Crosby, D. J.
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Pubilshed as Circular (United States. Office of Experiment Stations) no. 52
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A German common school with a garden
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Washington, D.C. : United States Dept. of Agriculture, Office of Experiment Stations, 1899
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Smith, C. B.
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Published as Circular (United States. Office of Experiment Stations) no. 42
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A manual for school-supervised gardening for the northeastern states - Part 2: Flowers
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Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 1919
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United States. School Garden Army
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Published as United States school garden army manual no. 14
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A manual of school-supervised gardening for the northeastern states - Part 1: Vegetables
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Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 1919
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United States. School Garden Army
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Published as United States school garden army manual no. 13
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A manual of school-supervised gardening for the Western States
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Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 1920
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Stebbins, Cyril A. (Cyril Adelbert), b. 1878
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Published as United States school garden army manual no. 1
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A suggestive schedule for the home-garden work in the south
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Washington, D.C. : Bureau of Education, 1916
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United States. Bureau of Education
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Published as School home-garden circular 10
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Agricultural education, including nature-study and school gardens
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Washington, D.C. : G.P.O., 1907
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Jewell, James Ralph
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Published as Bulletin (United States. Bureau of Education) 1907, no. 2
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Courses in school-supervised gardening for the northeastern states
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Washington, D.C. : G.P.O., 1919
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United States. Bureau of Education
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Published as United States school garden army manual no. 2
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Cycles of garden life and plant life : a series of projects in nature study for elementary schools
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Washington, D.C. : G.P.O., 1925
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Fox, Florence C., 1861-1933
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Published as Bulletin (United States. Bureau of Education) 1925, no. 15
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Fall manual of the United States School Garden Army
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Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 1918
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United States. School Garden Army
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Pubished as United States School Garden Army manual no. 4
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Flower growing for school children in the elementary grades
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Washington, D.C. : Bureau of Education, 1917
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United States. Bureau of Education
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Published as School home-garden circular no. 14
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Forty lessons in gardening for the northeastern states
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Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 1919
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United States. School Garden Army
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Published as United States school garden army manual no. 10
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Garden manual for the southwestern region
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Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 1919
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United States. School Garden Army
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United States school garden army manual no. 9
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Garden projects in seed planting
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Washington, D.C. : Bureau of Education, 1916
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United States. Bureau of Education
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Published as School home garden circular no. 13
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Home gardening for city children of the fifth, sixth, and seventh grades
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Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 1919
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Gowans, Ethel
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Published as United States school garden army manual no. 15
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Home gardening for town children
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Washington, D.C. : United States School Garden Army, Dept. of the Interior, 1919
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Claxton, P. P. (Philander Priestly), 1862-1957
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Published as School garden army leaflet no. 1, United States School Garden Army manual no. 3
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Home gardening for town children
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Washington, D.C. : Bureau of Education, 1917
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United States. Bureau of Education
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Published as School home garden circular no. 16
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Hotbeds and coldframes for home gardens
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Washington, D.C. : Bureau of Education, 1916
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United States. Bureau of Education
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Published as School home-garden circular 5
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How to make garden soil more productive
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Washington, D.C. : Bureau of Education, 1916
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United States. Bureau of Education
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Published as School home-garden circular 7
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Instructions for school supervised home gardens
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Washington, D.C. : Bureau of Education, 1915
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United States. Bureau of Education
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Published as School home-garden circular 1
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Lessons in gardening for southwestern region
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Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 1919
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United States. School Garden Army
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Published as United States school garden army manual no. 11
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Lessons in gardening for the central states region
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Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 1919
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United States. School Garden Army
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Publiished as Garden manual no. 2
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Lessons in gardening for the central states region
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Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 1919
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United States. School Garden Army
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Published as Garden manual no. 1
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Lessons in school-supervised gardening for the Southeastern States : vegetables
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Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 1919
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United States. School Garden Army
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Published as Garden manual, United States School Garden Army manual no. 12
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List of publications for the use of school home-garden teachers
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Washington, D.C. : Bureau of Education, 1916
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United States. Bureau of Education
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Published as School home-garden circular 11
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Nature study and gardening for rural schools
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Tuskegee Institute, Ala. : Experiment Station, Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, 1910
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Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943; Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. Experiment Station
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Published as Bulletin (Tuskegee Institute. Experiment Station) no. 18
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Nature's garden for victory and peace
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[Tuskegee] : Tuskegee Institute, 1942
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Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943
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Published as Bulletin (Tuskegee Institute. Agricultural Research Experiment Station) no. 43
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Nature-study and gardening
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Ithaca, N.Y. : Comstock Publishing Co., 1923
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Vinal, William Gould, 1881-1973
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Published in Nature-study review 19(5), p. 194-198
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Organic matter for the home gardens
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Washington, D.C. : Bureau of Education, 1915
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United States. Bureau of Education
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Published as School home-garden circular 4
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Part played by the leaf in the production of a crop
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Washington, D.C. : Bureau of Education, 1915
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United States. Bureau of Education
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Published as School home-garden circular 9
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Part played by the root in the production of a crop
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Washington, D.C. : Bureau of Education, 1917
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United States. Bureau of Education
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Published as School home-garden circular no. 15
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Planting the garden
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Washington, D.C. : Bureau of Education, 1916
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United States. Bureau of Education
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Published as School home-garden circular 8
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Possibilities for school-directed home gardening in Atlanta, Georgia
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Washington, D.C. : Bureau of Education, 1917
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United States. Bureau of Education
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Published as School home-garden circular no. 17
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Raising vegetable plants from seed
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Washington, D.C. : Bureau of Education, 1916
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United States. Bureau of Education
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Published as School home-garden circular 6
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School garden in the course of study
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Berkeley, Calif. : University of California, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1911
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Babcock, E. B. (Ernest Brown), 1877-1954; Stebbins, Cyril A. (Cyril Adelbert), b. 1878
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Published as Circular (California Agricultural Experiment Station) no. 62
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School gardens
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Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 1899
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Gang, E.
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Published in Education report, 1898-99, p. 1067-1084
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School gardens : a report upon some cooperative work with the normal schools of Washington, with notes on school-garden methods followed in other American
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Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 1905
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Galloway, B. T.
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Published as Bulletin (United States. Office of Experiment Stations) no. 160
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School home garden results of 1916
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Washington, D.C. : Bureau of Education, 1917
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United States. Bureau of Education
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Published as School home garden circular no. 12
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School supervised gardening in New Hampshire
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Washington, D.C. : United States School Garden Army, Dept. of the Interior, 1919
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United States. School Garden Army
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Published as School Garden Army leaflet 93, United States School Garden Army manual no. 6
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Some types of children's garden work
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Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 1912
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Sipe, Susan Bender
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Published as Bulletin (United States. Office of Experiment Stations) 252
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Suggestions for garden work in California schools
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Berkeley, Calif. : University of California, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1909
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Babcock, E. B. (Ernest Brown), 1877-1954
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Published as Circular (California Agricultural Experiment Station) no. 46
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The need for gardening as an intermediate grade subject in city schools
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Ithaca, N.Y. : Comstock Publishing Co., 1923
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Childs, Breta W.
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Published in Nature-study review 19(2), p. 79-82
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The spring manual of the United States School Garden Army
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Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 1919
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United States. School Garden Army
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Published as United States School Garden Army manual no. 5
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The winter vegetable garden
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Washington, D.C. : Bureau of Education, 1915
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United States. Bureau of Education
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Published as School home-garden circular 3
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United States School Garden Army
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Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 1919
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Francis, J. H.
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Published as Bulletin (United States. Bureau of Education) 1919, no. 26
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