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equally to the care of the home makers. Let the gar- 

 den be well supplied with fruits and vegetables, but 

 let it be equally well furnished as to beauty; give it a 

 good lawn and flowers, and thus make this part of the 

 home complete. 



EXERCISE. What vegetables, flowers, fruits and berries are raised 

 in the gardens of your locality? State the time and methods of 

 planting the various vegetables and flowers. What tools and imple- 

 ments are necessary for working the garden? Do any people use 

 sprayers in their gardens ? What grass is most used in your section 

 for lawns? State how successful gardeners keep their lawns in good 

 condition. Make a plan of a garden such as you would enjoy hav- 

 ing. Make a list of your favorite flowering plants and state when 

 they bloom and the color of their flowers. 



The teacher should take the class to some garden in the section 

 and require the pupils to make notes of the various features of suc- 

 cessful gardening as described in this article. Send for some garden 

 magazines and plantsmen's catalogues in which will be listed and 

 pictured hosts of vegetables, flowers, trees and shrubs. 



REFERENCES FOR COLLATERAL READING. 



TREES AND THE GARDEN. 

 FRUIT TREES : 



Yearbooks of the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture : 



1895 Principles of pruning and care of wounds in woody 

 plants. 



1896 Improvement of our native fruits. 



1902 Top working of orchard trees. 



1908 Promising new fruits. 

 Farmers' Bulletins, Nos. : 



38-80-208-276 Peach. 



1 1 3- 1 53- 1 6 1 -208-233-243-247-283 Apples. 



113 The apple and how to grow it. 



141 Apple culture in Vermont. 



181 Pruning. 



238 Citrus Truit growing in the Gulf States. 

 Experiment Station Bulletins, Nos. : 



59 Illinois Orchard management. 



77 Georgia The fig in Georgia. 



98-99-100-101 Virginia Orchard technique. 



139 Colorado Pruning native fruit trees. 



219 New Jersey The first season with the peach orchard. 



262 New York Cornell Apple survey of Niagara County. 



NUT TREES : 



Farmers' Bulletins, Nos. : 



114 Chestnuts; cultivation and food value. 



124 Pecan culture. 



332 Nuts and their uses as food. 



