This is a very unusual book about an interesting man. He pioneered educational methods that are coming once again into vogue. He started something that we now call a “Magnet School” here in our area. And he nurtured the children just as he nurtured his garden. This book was published in 1920 by Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, Chicago & Boston. The book measures 5 3/8 inches by 8 ½ inches and contains xii, 194 pages. The green cloth cover shows minor signs of wear and light soiling. The spine is tight and the hinges are strong. The pages are printed on good quality paper and show no signs of rips or foxing. The end pages are discolored. The signature of a previous owner is inscribed on the inside front cover. There is an name and address sticker on the front free end page. There are pencil notes on the inside back cover. Exceptions noted, the overall condition of this book is good.

Contents:

The Child

1. The Home
2. The Flower Garden
3. The Vegetable Garden
4. Where the Brown Nuts Fall
5. School Days

The Man


6. The New Potato
7. The Home in California
8. Jumbo
9. The New Home

The School


10. The Plant School
11. How New Plants Are Made
12. The Shasta Daisy
13. Miss Eschscholtzia Has a New Dress
14. The Fire Poppy
15. The Lily Pupils
16. The Calla’s Story
17. The Amaryllis Pupils
18. The Rainbow Class
19. The Wilding
20. The Rose and Her Part
21. Fragrance
22. The Little Immigrants
23. Bramble’s Story
24. The Training of Thornless
25. The New Strawberry
26. The Flowering Currant
27. The Earliest Grape
28. Opuntia, the Cactus Child
29. Opuntia’s Training
30. Opuntia, One of the Most Famous Pupils
31. The Waif of the School
32. The Climax Plum
33. The Plumcot
34. The Ennobling of Little Beach
35. Cherries
36. Useful and Beautiful
37. The Fireside Fruit
38. The Birds’ Feast
39. The Athletes
40. The Seed Room
41. Arbor Day Programme

Quotations from Luther Burbank
Index

Excerpt - Introduction:
Educational methods have changed. Fifty years ago the education of children was on the theory that they were all naturally bad, while today it has dawned upon teachers and also the public that there are both good and bad tendencies in every child, and that education should not attempt to make children over according to rule. They should be led to love and cherish and cultivate the best tendencies, while the undesirable ones will fade from neglect and lack of encouragement. Mother Nature teaches many a lesson not to be learned in school. True education should promote a happy development along the natural tendencies rather than provide punishments for not bending to arbitrary rules to be obeyed. To be sure, discipline is needed, but it should be along natural lines of development, rather than by the too arbitrary…
End excerpt

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