CHAPTER XXIV 



HOME GARDENING 



General Statement. What has been said about the 

 school garden will, much of it, apply equally well to 

 the management of the home flower garden. In con- 

 nection with country schools, vegetable gardening will 

 not often be undertaken, as that requires more room 

 and is more naturally connected with the home life; 

 but city school children often develop great interest in 

 the growing of vegetables. 



Importance of the Garden. Every family in the 

 country should pay great attention to the garden, be- 

 cause of the profit and satisfaction which it affords. 

 No other part of the farm of equal area pays one- 

 tenth as well, financially, as a well-cultivated garden. 

 Yet the garden is very apt to be neglected, and left to 

 itself by farmers generally, from the mistaken idea 

 that other work is more important. It is important, 

 moreover, that the children in the home be trained 

 to take an active part in the garden ; for this furnishes 

 one of the best means for stimulating a love for the 

 beautiful and inspiring things of life. The treatment 

 of the subject of gardening in this book must neces- 



