DEPARTMENT REPORTS 39 



FINAL REPORT BY CELIA ROOD, TEACHER IN THE FALL TERM. 



Mr. Ziegler has given a full description of flower-beds, planting, etc. 

 It remains for me to finish by giving report of the growth of the plants. 



Our school opened September 14, and many of the plants were still 

 blooming. Asters, marigolds, sunflowers, phlox, petunias, balsams, 

 morning-glories and nasturtiums continued to bloom freely for some little 

 time. 



The sweet peas grew well, but were not kept picked as they faded, so 

 did not bloom freely. 



The mignonette and verbenas did not grow well, and only a few plants 

 were seen. 



The poppies, eschscholtzia, portulaca and candytuft were full of blos- 

 soms early in the summer, so the pupils tell me. 



The amaranthus and calliopsis did very well; also zinnias. 



Our cypress vines did not do well as they were near the morning 

 glories and were over-run by them and choked out. 



Our yard is well kept, and has been mown several times this season, 

 and several of the pupils weeded and tended the flowers through vacation. 



We have collected seeds from as many as we could to use next season. 



The sweet william is in good condition for next spring. 



I enclose an article from the Moderator, which gives an account of our 

 success at our fair, where we took first premium on displays of balsams 

 and marigolds. 



Hoping we may be successful in securing one of the collections of 

 shrubs, I am, yours, 



CELIA ROOD, 



Bedford, Mich. 



REPORT FROM DISTRICT NO. 2, SOUTH ARM TOWNSHIP. 



East Jordajst, Mich., August 1, 1896. 



Horticultural Department , Agricultural College, Michigan: 



Gentlemen — Enclosed please find a plan of the flower garden of Dis- 

 trict No. 2, South Arm township, Charlevoix county. The following is a 

 correct account of what was accomplished: 



To begin with, we had a schoolhouse situated in the midst of some tali 

 sand hills; or rather at the foot of a hill on the north side much higher 

 than the 50-foot flag staff, and another hill on the east side much higher 

 than the house, while south and west is a low swamp. The building and 

 yard were unfenced, and the yard became the pasturage of all the neigh- 

 bors' cattle. • \ 1 



The plan of having a garden was proposed and Arbor Day set as a time 

 for a beginning. On that day all pupils brought tools— axes, spades, 

 rakes, grub-hoes, fence post-hole digger and wheelbarrow, and proceeded 

 to make a "general cleaning up," lay out a garden, set posts for its en- 

 closure and plant some trees. We did it. 



The posts were cut by the teacher and two boys and carried about one- 

 quarter mile from the swamp on our backs. The borders between paths 



