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The worst possible mistake in such a case would be to pay a janitor or some 

 other person to take care of the plots for indifferent and unmindful pupils. 

 At some school-gardens in Carleton County last summer some pupils returned 

 after vacation to weed-choked plots in which their flowers and vegetables 

 compared very unfavorably with those of their diligent companions. Their 

 silent observations of this fact, and their strenuous efforts to redeem their 

 plots, impressed upon them a lesson of moral and material value." 



Active membership in the Experimental Union would un- 

 doubtedly be an excellent thing, but it should be supplementary 

 to the efforts at the school. It would strengthen the hands of 

 the teacher, and bring vividly home to the parents the value of 

 school-gardens. 



The bulletin is a most excellent and timely publication, and 

 will no doubt be of much service to the schools of Ontario. 



W. Loch head. 



