[Circular to teachers of schools] : season of 1921 / Children's Flower Mission ; the Templin-Crockett-Bradley Co., Cleveland.

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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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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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