NA TURE-STUD Y RE VIEW 



[6:9-Dec. 1910 



This taught not only the method of planting but something of 

 landscape design. Several shrubs and trees of their own digging 

 and contribution were planted by other pupils, and this fall we 

 plan to dig and plant a group of native trees as a basis for a wild 

 garden. But the best exercise of all was the cutting out of docks 

 and plaintain with knives and the pulling out of peppergrass and 

 shepherd's purse by the roots. Practically the whole school took 

 part and now they not only know those weeds and one way to 

 get rid of them, but they know them no more in the lawn (at 

 least for one season). Incidentally, too, they have learned the 

 difference between annuals and biennials. Shortly afterward, a 

 class of girls planted two dozen dahlias and assumed the care of 

 them after a lesson had been given indoors comparing potatoes, 



FIRST GRADE CLASS GATHERING PEAS FROM VEGETABLE GARDEN' 

 SHAW SCHOOL, ST. LOUIS, MO. 



dahlias, bulbs, and other underground parts. Just now, October 

 12, with most vegetation fading, the dahlias are still blooming 

 and the foliage is fresh and green. 



Both vegetable and flower seeds furnished by the U. S. Dept. 

 of Agriculture were distributed to the pupils in the lower grades 

 with explicit directions how to plant the seeds and care for the 

 growing plants. This fall we have had oral and written reports 

 on the success attending their efforts. We feel sure that some of 

 the seed was wasted: we feel equally sure that some brought 

 forth several fold. 



Our vegetable garden work has consisted almost entirely of 

 class exercises in planting and cultivating the more easily grown 



