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Rural School Leaflet 



Seeds are much less expensive if purchased in bulk than in packets, 

 but if you are to have a small garden you may decide to buy some of 

 the seeds from James Vick's Sons. See page 1078. Read the directions 

 carefully. Your order must be sent through the teacher. 



MAKING A GARDEN 



Albert E. Wilkinson 



Gardening in Camp Lanier 



Many boys and girls are not familiar with the principles of vegetable- 

 gardening. We shall therefore present some of the essential factors neces- 

 sary to success in gardening. 



Planning the garden. — Before the actual gardening is begun, a well- 

 drawn plan should be made by each boy and girl. Draw your plan to a 

 scale ■ — that is, let \ inch on the paper represent 1 foot in the garden. 

 Using this scale on a garden 25 by 50 feet, we shall have a drawing that 

 will be 6 j by 12$ inches. 



With this same unit of measure represent the rows as they should be 

 made, always remembering that for each foot in the garden you will use 

 one fourth of an inch on the paper. Consult the table, page 1076, for the 

 space between the rows of vegetables as well as for distances apart of 

 the plants in the rows. 



