Junior IRatutalist /Iftontbl^ 



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

 October to May, and Entered at Ithaca as Second-class Matter. L. H. Bailey, Birector. 



ALICE G. McCLOSKEY, Editor. 



New Series. Vol. 3. ITHACA, N. Y., FEBRUARY, 1907. 



No. 5. 



GARDEN NOTES. 



LTHOUGH it is not yet the end of 

 February, it is time for us to begin 

 to think about our gardens. Every 

 American boy and girl should come 

 to know and love a garden ; and 

 since Uncle John tells you that it 

 will really pay to make the effort 

 to have one, I am sure you will 

 start in this year. Over the ocean 

 in England, nearly all children have 

 gardens ; in fact, I suppose they 

 would not think the springtime had 

 really come unless they planted 

 green things and watched them 

 growing. 



In Ithaca, boys and girls have 

 school gardens and there is no rea- 

 son why in every city, in every vil- 

 lage, and in every rural district 

 there should not be an attractive 

 and thriving garden connected with 

 the public school. Have you one? 

 If so, tell us about it. 



Now you will ask, " What can 

 we do in February in preparation 

 for our garden?" This is a good 

 time of the year to make plans, 

 for one must always look ahead and 

 think a great deal on any project 

 if he would make it finished and satisfactory. Is there a piece of ground 

 connected with your school building which might be used for such a 

 purpose ? If so, we wish you would send us a plan of it and tell us why 

 you think it would be a good place. Make a drawing of your entire 

 school ground, locating the garden so that we may understand your plan. 

 When you tell us about your garden, tell us also what improvements 

 you hope to make this spring time in the surroundings of your school. 



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Photo, by G. H. Morgan. 



Fig. I. — Entrance to the Ithaca School 

 Gardens. 



