A Little Garden Calendar for Boys and Girls

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Paine Albert Bigelow. A Little Garden Calendar for Boys and Girls

A Word to Teachers and Parents

JANUARY

I. YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR GARDEN RIGHT AWAY

II. YOUR GARDEN MAY NOT LOOK AS I HAVE IT HERE

III. MANY SEEDS ARE GIVEN WINGS

IV. I THINK SEEDS KNOW THE MONTHS

FEBRUARY

I. LITTLE PLANTS WON'T STAND MUCH HANDLING

II. HEY FOR THE MERRY LITTLE SWEET-PEA

III. EVEN CLOVER BELONGS TO THE PULSE FAMILY

IV. BEANS AND MORNING-GLORIES TWINE TO THE RIGHT

V. THE HONEYSUCKLE TWINES ALWAYS TO THE LEFT

MARCH

I. STILL, IT WAS REALLY A RADISH

II. THE SUN SWINGS LIKE A GREAT PENDULUM

III. LONG BEFORE THERE WERE ANY RAILROADS AND CITIES

IV. DID YOU EVER SEE THE LITTLE MAN IN THE PANSY?

APRIL

I. THE YELLOW DUST IS A FOOD FOR THE SEED

II. THE COMING OF THE CORN

III. CROSS BY NAME AND CROSS BY NATURE

IV. A PEPPERY FAMILY

V. FOR IN THAT DISH WAS DAVY'S CORN

MAY

I. SWEET-PEASE HAVE TO BE PUT DOWN PRETTY DEEP

II. DIFFERENT FAMILIES OF ANTS HAVE DIFFERENT DROVES OF COWS

III. THERE ARE MANY WAYS OF PRODUCING SPECIES

JUNE

I. THEN THEY WENT DOWN INTO THE STRAWBERRY PATCH

II. HOW THE ROSE BECAME QUEEN

III. THE SUN IS THE GREATEST OF ALL CHEMISTS

JULY

I. A PLANT IS DIVIDED INTO THREE PRINCIPAL PARTS

II. THERE ARE EXOGENS AND ENDOGENS

III. I DON'T SEE WHAT WEEDS ARE FOR, ANYWAY

AUGUST

I. THERE ARE JUST TWO KINDS OF LEAVES

II. SOMETIMES I THINK PLANTS CAN SEE AND HEAR

III. THERE ARE PLANTS WHICH DO NOT BLOOM

IV. THE PRINCESS BY THE SEA

SEPTEMBER

I. A FLOWER REALLY HAS CLOTHES

II. THE FLOWER HAS MANY SERVANTS

III. A FLOWER MAY REALLY REASON

IV. SOME FLOWERS LIVE OFF OTHER FLOWERS AND PLANTS

V. THE PRINCE AND THE THREAD OF GOLD

OCTOBER

I. SEEDS ARE MADE TO BE PLANTED

II. THERE ARE BITTER NUTS AND SWEET ONES

III. THERE ARE MANY THINGS CALLED FRUITS

NOVEMBER

I. THERE ARE ANNUALS, BIENNIALS, AND PERENNIALS

II. PLANTS KNOW HOW TO SPREAD

III. ALL THANKS FOR THE PLANTS

DECEMBER

I. NEW GARDENS IN THE WINDOWS

II. TO THE GARDEN OF SLEEP

III. IN THE GARDENS OF CHRISTMAS

IV. SOME VERSES AND THEN GOOD-BY

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THIS is the story of a year, and begins on New Year's day. It is the story of a garden – a little garden – and of a little boy and girl who owned the garden, and of the Chief Gardener, who helped them.

And the name of the little boy was David, after his grandfather. So they called him Davy, because when grandfather was a little boy, he had been called Davy, and this little boy wanted to be just as his grandfather had been – just the same kind of a little boy, with the same name and all.

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"I hope they will, and we will try to coax them. But you see things may happen. Sometimes it comes a very cold night when the fires get low, and then plants are likely to chill, or perhaps freeze and die. We can only try to be very careful."

"How long will it take them to grow?" asked Davy.

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