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to be tested. Place another blotter over the seeds, and cover the tin 

 with another of the same size, or a thin board. Place the tester in a 

 warm room and keep the blotters moist. 



6. Market. — The handling of produce opens a large and interest- 

 ing field in education. If children wish to sell their products they 

 should learn that it is always important for the market gardener 



to present his produce to the 

 public in the most attractive 

 form. Some children make dur- 

 ing the winter the baskets in 

 which the}^ are to exhibit their 

 garden products. Some day there 

 may be market places in villages 

 and cities for the crops grown 

 in children's gardens. This would 

 add greatly to the interest the 

 children would take in their 

 harvests. Such an enterprise 

 would encourage industry and 

 appeal to many idle boys. 



7. Wild gardens. — In some 

 schools the children have very 

 interesting wild gardens. A piece 

 of ground has been selected for 

 this purpose, the soil enriched 

 with earth from the wood, and 

 as the years pass the children 

 have added to the number of 

 wild plants. Wood plants should 

 not be transplanted while in blos- 

 som. If the teacher will take 

 her pupils to the woods some day in spring and mark the wild plants 

 by means of a piece of wood strong enough to resist the storms 

 of spring and summer the children may dig up the soil in this place 

 and in the fall the root of the wild plant may be obtained. One 

 school in this State is trying to have specimens of all the wild flora 

 in the vicinity. The children should always be cautioned against exter- 

 minating wild flowers. 



Fig. 31. 



■An attractive bit of nature's 

 planting 



