ADORNING THE FARMSTEAD AND SCHOOL GROUNDS. 429 



1. 10 Apple. 



2. 10 Cherry. 



3. 10 Peach. 



4. 10 Plum. 



5. 5 Pear. 



6. 5 Quince. 



7. 2 Mulberry. 



8. 2 Crabapple. 



9. 2 Sweet Cherry. 



10. 10 trees for shade (forest trees). 



Of course, this list is only suggestive and only such trees 

 hould be started as are adapted to the region. 



The school gardens that have been established, have for the 

 nost part been devoted to the growing of common vegetables and 

 lowering plants. 



It is already evident that a school garden that is planned for 

 he only purpose of growing a few annual plants for the im- 

 nediate use of the home will encounter certain difficulties, that 

 vill make the work unsatisfactory, for the following reasons : 



1. Most plants of the vegetable type for table use mature or reach 

 the most interesting stage of their career at a time when schools 

 are closed. 



2. After the plants have been removed there is nothing left in 

 tangible form for study. 



3. The instruction given and the knowledge of plant life will be 

 limited to about the same routine of work and study from 

 year to year. 



There is one study however which may be added to the study 

 )f the kitchen garden plants that will present an entirely different 

 ispect for a guide to the true lover of nature, and that is the 

 ree for forestry or for fruit. 



The advantages afforded by tree study are : 



1 . Permanency. 



2. Different stages of growth covering a long period of years. 



3. Seed, germination, seedlings, budded or grafted stalk, the flower- 

 ing stage, the fruit bearing trees. 



4. A different stage for study for each year of the child in school. 



5. A contemporaneous development of child and tree life. 



6. The trees in the lawns and parks and yards are living monuments 

 and lasting tributes to philanthropy, to science, to the school 

 and to the individual boy or girl. 



