The Chh^dren’s Flower Mission

EXCLUSIVE SPECIALISTS IN

High Grade Penny-Packet Seeds

Rose s, Slirvit>s,Vines, Bulb s Etc.

For School 6cHome Gardens^

R. L. TEMPLIN. PRESIDENT G. F. BRADLEY, SECRETARY

MEMBER SCHOOL GARDEN ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA CABLE ADDRESS "TEMPLIN”

5700 DETROIT AVE.

ClevEland. Ohin.U.B'A. Season of 1921.

To Teachers:—

Due to the general slowing down of business, many of the families represented in your school face a reduction of income this year. You can render a real service to your community by en- couraging gardening among your pupils. This can be done either with school or home gardens. In the country, the small town, the big city, more than one hundred thousand teachers *gave their .pupils this opportunity last year.

Whatever your program demands of you, you will find

pleasure in the happiness you will bring into the lives of your

pupils if you get back of this work. ' The growing of vegetables is

healthful and profitable. The growing of flowers builds up a love

of the beautiful. Children will respond more readily to your leader- ship and parents will take a more kindly interest in your work f because the pupils will not be idle outside of school hours.

One of the reasons that .teachers , principals and su- perintendents are interested in this work is that no matter what the local condition of soil or climate, room or lack of it, each individual can do as much or little as seems desirable. For ex- ample, many teachers find in the direct supervision of gardens out- side of school hours, just the required amount of outdoor exercise is obtainable. Others feel that all they wish to do is distribute" the order blanks, send the orders to us and in turn give out the seeds when they are delivered.

On the enclosed circular printed in red ink, you will find details to guide you in starting this work. Read it over, then fill in the enclosed post card and mail it to us. The required num- ber of order blanks will be sent for your school as soon as the card reaches us. You understand of. course that there will be no expense to you in any part of the transaction.

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fresh in your mind?

GFB.B

Secretary.

I HOW CAN XHEY DO IX? and WHAX ARE XHE RESULXS?'

I HAFE YOU EVER ASKED YOURSELF THESE QUESTIONS?

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FIVE REASONS \

2^ Seeds are grown by specialists 1

I 2 'The seedsman has facilities and I organization.

I J Seed packeting is done by auto- I and accuracy.

H d The orders are carefully checked 1 for errors, and quickly and ac- 1 curately filled.

1 ^ Uncle Sam does his part too,

I FIVE RESULTS

I I Home gardening keeps the chil- = dren occupied in healthful, inter-

p 2 School gardens enable you to I put into practice the lessons of

= the schoolroom.

I 2 Garden efforts in big cities of the 1 country are decidedly worth

I while.

1 ^ School Garden Supervisors know I from experience that our Penny

I Packet Seeds produce results.

I 2 An exhibit of garden produce 1 what has been accomplished.

Probably 90% of all the onion seed used in the United States is grown in California. The close attention to the many de- tails of onion seed growing, on the part of our growers, makes for sure crops.

From four to five tons of Parcel Post Packages of Seeds, Bulbs and Roots leave our office every day of the busy season.

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A FEW RESULTS

Where there is room on or adjoining the school property, a great many schools have benefited by conducting gardens in which each pupil has a small plot

Where there is no provision for school gardens as in the country or the crowded sections of the city, wonderful results can be obtained from home gardens.

A successful half-acre garden of Public School No. 66 in Greater New York. There 50 pupils raised $778.00 worth of produce last season. Our Penny

V. E. Kilpatrick Director of School Gardens for the Public School Sys- tem of the City of New York.

O. M. Eastman

Packet Seeds are used in the New York Schools.

Supervisor of Gar- dening, Cleveland Public Schools.

School systems large enough to employ Directors of Gardening use our seeds; for ex- ample: New York, Detroit, Cleveland, Dayton, Columbus, St. Louis, and many others.

When Exhibition Time Comes, there is real satisfaction in knowing that the seeds your pupils planted, produced prize-winning flowers and vegetables.

At this Cleveland Exhibit, only the district prize-winners contested.

Your local bankers will help to make your fall exhibit a success. Ask them.

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