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SCHOOL-GARDENS OF CLEVELAND 



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has acquired property which makes it possible to do work of more 

 permanent value. The conditions at Rosedale School are proba- 

 bly most propitious. There is space for a large lawn, play-ground 

 and school-garden. For educative purposes, the garden is divided 

 into a rock garden, formal flower garden, vegetable garden, her- 

 baceous botanical garden. As this garden was visited by thou- 

 sands of visitors, it is hoped there was something suggestive for 



At a school-garden in Cleveland, O. Studying corn, especially its pollination. 



home-gardens. There was the most fascinating succession of 

 blooming: fox-gloves, columbine, Canterbury bells, larkspurs, 



poppies, lilies, to the boltonia and hardy chrysanthemums 



when the snow fell. Likewise, the vegetable garden is always 

 full of interest. 



The botanical garden should be a Mecca for pilgrimages for all 

 high-school students of botany. The food-producing plants will 

 be of especial interest to children studying commercial geography 

 and domestic science. There will be something of interest for 

 each child, from the lowest grade through the high school. 



