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IRISH GARDENING 



SKI'TEMIU'R 



should he allowed for tliis. oven lluni-h it is hahils o\ oh.sei\ation uhieli -ardeiiiii^' should 



impossible to plant the w liole o\ it in the iiist instil into the mind ean li;n\lly W- aequired on 



year. A plot sixtv feet i-'x thirty leet will alTord one day a weeU ; conset-iuenlly, \isits paid on 



room tor a collection ol" the -greatest \alue l\ir other days have a value considerably above the 



demonstration purposes. actual wovk accomplished, and at the .same 



In the portion assig^ned for vejjetahies and time the feelinj^- oi responsibihty is largely 



llowers, sullicient plots forty feet by ten feet transferred to the pupil who quickly realises 



should be planned to accommodate all the that each day's work is intimately connected 



pupils it is proposed to instruct. As a j^eneial with that o( the next, and, in his own interest, 



rule one pupil, ai^ed fourteen or oxer, will be works conscientiously and well. As in all 



able to w ork one plot without dilViculty, but in practical instruction small classes are essential, 



the case of those aged twelve, two boys should 

 be allowed to each plot, and then in both 

 instances there will probably be sufficient time 

 available to perform the necessary work on the 

 fruit plot. The amount of work done will 

 depend on the time given to the subject, but at 

 least in the case of older pupils efforts should 

 be made to work on as many days as possible, 

 even though for a short time only. The in- 

 structor could give formal instruction, say for 

 two hours weekly, in fine weather, and on other 

 days the pupils could be allowed to do weeding 

 and cleaning up under mild supervision. The 



and, as in many cases, the pupils receiving 

 instruction are w^orking at considerable dis- 

 tances from one another The class should 

 never exceed sixteen, and, indeed, the net result 

 is, perhaps, greater w^hen that number is re- 

 duced to ten. However, with clear instructions 

 and constant attention good work can be done 

 with the larger number, it being necessary to 

 insist on implicit obedience, or the class will 

 become unwieldy, and more damage will be 

 done in a few minutes than weeks can 

 repair. 



(To be coiit intted.) 



