COR-NELL 



R^ural ScKool Leaflet 



Published monthly by the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University, from 

 September to May and entered as second-class matter September 30, 1907, at the Post OflBce 

 at Ithaca, New York, under the Act of Congress of July 16, 1894. L. H. Bailey, Director. 



SUPPLEMENT FOR THE TEACHER. 



ALICE G. McCLOSKEY, Editor. 

 Professors G. F. WARREN and CHARLES H. TUCK, Advisers. 



Vol. I. 



ITHACA, N. Y., APRIL, 1908, 



No. 



Lesson XXII 

 GARDENING 



Fig. 64. — At work 



"The garden is a lovesome thing, God wot ; 

 Rose plot, 

 Fringed pool, 

 Ferned grot ; 

 The veriest school 



Of Peace; 

 And yet the fool 



Contends that God is not ; 



God not ? 

 In gardens; when the eve is cool! 

 Nay, but I have a sign. 

 ' Tis very sure God walks in mine." 



It is time to begin to think about 

 gardens. This article may come be- 

 fore the teacher on a cold March day 

 when the wind is blowing and the 

 snow flying — when gardens may seem 

 merely a dream of the past, and a 

 doubtful promise of the future. Can 

 any enthusiasm on the question be 

 aroused at such times in the school- 

 room? We believe it can. 



There should be some instruction 

 in the growing of plants in every 

 schoolroom in this State. Gardening 

 is recognized as one of the best all- 

 round helps in the education of a 

 child. Since this is the case, let us 

 be active in strengthening this line of 

 work in New York State. 



I wish that there might be a well- 

 organized school garden in connec- 



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