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without interfering with the cultural plots worked by the 

 pupils. 



For the guidance of teachers whose duty it may be to 

 introduce or work a school garden the following hints, 

 quoted by the kind permission of the authors, are sub- 

 mitted. The Beport* from which the extracts are taken is 

 the result of an inquiry into the general practice followed 

 throughout Great Britain. 



" On behalf of school gardening it is maintained that, 

 apart from its purely educative value, it gives to boys 

 backward at bookwork an opportunity to excel, and 

 awakens in them a keener desire for general improvement. 

 In some cases it has been found that the arousing of the 

 interest of the duller boys by gardening has resulted in 

 better attendances and an improved moral tone in the 

 schools. 



Types of School Gardens. 



The following types of gardens are to be found in differ- 

 ent parts of the country : 



(1) The Common Garden, where the pupils co-operate 

 in working the whole garden according to the direction of 

 the teacher. 



(2) The Plot Garden, where the garden is divided into 

 plots and two or three boys are allotted to each plot. 



(3) The Individual Plot Garden, where each boy of the 

 class is given a plot. 



(4) A combination of the Common Garden and the 

 Individual Plot Garden. 



Each of these types has its advantages, but there is 

 much to recommend a further modification of the Common 

 Garden (1) and the Plot Garden (2). 



* Report to the Governors of the Aberdeen and North of Scotland 

 College of Agriculture, by R. H. N. Sellar and G. G. Esslemont. 



N.S. 19 



