214 AGRONOMY 



PRACTICAL EXERCISES 



1. Make a planting plan for a city lot of average size on a scale <>f 

 or ^ in. to the foot, indicating on it the house, walks, and drives, and 

 the location and nature of the planting. 



2. From a catalogue of decorative plants, to be had of any nursery- 

 man for the asking, select and list the species suggested for planting 

 your plan. 



3. With such suggestions as seem desirable for improving the plant- 

 ing, make a similar plan of your home grounds or of the school grounds. 



4. Visit parks, cemeteries, and private grounds for studies in good 

 and bad planting effects. 



5. If there are Italian, or formal, and Japanese gardens within 

 reach, visit them and compare with the natural style of planting. 



6. Make a planting plan, drawn to scale, of some small park in 

 the vicinity, or make a planting plan for turning some near-by vacant 

 space into a park. 



7. Select desirable plants and plant a section of the school-garden 

 border. 



8. On Arbor Day plant one or more trees or shrubs on the school 

 grounds, in the school garden, or in your home grounds. 



9. At the beginning of winter mulch all plants in the school garden 

 that are likely to be harmed by the cold. Do the same for your own 

 grounds. 



10. Make one or more trips to a public park or large private estate, 

 and list all the shrubs found in bloom. Make a s'imilar list of all the 

 perennials. 



11. By the use of a good botanical manual name all the shrubs and 

 perennials as they bloom in the school garden and near-by fields during 

 the time devoted to this course. 



12. Remove to the school-garden borders for observation all abnor- 

 mal plants encountered, such as four-leaved clovers, albinos, fasciated 

 stems, and the like. 



References 



Bailey, " Manual of Gardening." 

 Maynard, "Landscape Gardening." 

 Parsons, "Landscape Gardening Studies." 

 Waugh, "The Landscape Beautiful." 

 Waugh, " Landscape Gardening." 



