8 THE SCHOOL GARDEN BOOK 



always be possible for a pupil who so desires to have some 

 sort of garden. 



The tools necessary for school garden work are neither 

 elaborate nor expensive. A spade, a hoe, a rake, and a 

 trowel are perhaps the most essential parts of the garden 

 outfit; and it is very desirable that they be supplemented by 



Some Good Weeders. 



one or two good forms of weeders, a garden line, and a 

 watering-can, the latter especially in those cases when water- 

 ing from a hose is not practicable. When once supplied these 

 tools will, of course, last indefinitely, and pupils should always 

 leave them thoroughly clean and hung in the proper places. 

 If the only visible results of the school garden work are 

 found in the crops grown, the garden has only served a part 

 of its purpose. It should supply the material for a consider- 

 able proportion of the school work in drawing and English, 

 and may very well help to vitalize the work in arithmetic and 

 geography. At least one garden booklet should be made by 

 every pupil who has anything to do with the garden, this 

 booklet to contain the drawings and language records of the 

 pupils. In the following pages this phase of the work has 

 been constantly kept in mind, and some of the illustrations 

 are transcripts from such garden records or suggestions for 

 helping to make them. A pocket note-book for each pupil 



