brennan] NATURE-STUDY AT VAN VLISSINGEN SCHOOL 19 



i. The Proper Trees for Chicago and How to Plant Them, 

 by City Forester Prost. 



2. City Ordinance Relating to Duties of City Forester, and 

 care of trees (very helpful). 



3. Home gardens, including Flowers and Shrubs. By Forester 

 Prost. ' : 



In addition to these bulletins we received a number from 

 nearly every state in the Union. Those that were especially 

 helpful came from the experiment stations of Massachusetts, 

 New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Cornell University. 



When the twelve-room addition to our school was made six 

 years ago, the school yards were paved with brick, with the 

 exception of a strip from four to five feet wide near the fences. 

 This strip was filled with black earth that we might have a flower 

 garden. There were wide spaces for flowers, shrubs, and vines 

 at the sides of the building, and there was a narrow lawn in front. 

 The space was divided among the thirty or more rooms in such a 

 manner that the boys and girls had a separate plot to care for. 

 They prepared the soil and planted the seed, flowers, and vines 

 with reference to a definite landscape-plan, giving attention to 

 form, color, height, time of blooming, etc. The pupils took 

 turns in caring for them. They also learned how to care for trees 

 and shrubs, and which were the best for different conditions of 

 soil and care. 



After we received our large, three- or four-inch trees, the pupils 

 pruned the branches and bruised roots, and planted the trees in 

 the holes prepared beforehand. They treated shrubs similarly. 

 We have the following shrubs and vines : 



Shrubs 



Bridle-wreath spirea Bush-honeysuckle 



Double-flowering almond Mock orange 



Rose of Sharon Purple-U af plum 



Barberry Flowering currant 



Sweet shrub Roses 



Japanese quince Snowball 



Golden Bell Snowberry 



Japanese lilacs and the common lilac Weigela 



Vines 



Boston ivy Clematis 



Virginia creeper Bitter sweet 



Wild grape Morning glory 



Trumpet creeper Wild cucumber 



