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10. What should be accomplished in garden cultivation ? 



11. What are some modern garden tools? 



12. List the most serious garden insect pests and dis- 

 eases, and explain how to combat two of them. 



13. Why should everyone have a garden? 



PRACTICAL EXERCISES AND 'HOME PROJECTS 



The garden plans. Let each pupil carefully draw to a 

 scale the plan of the vegetable garden as it is laid out at his 

 home. 



After this study let each pupil draw a garden plan as he 

 would carry it out in a home garden of his own. 



If it is feasible to have a school garden, let each member 

 of the class draw a plan of such a proposed garden. 



Laying 1 out and planting the school garden. If condi- 

 tions at the school are favorable to the employment of labor 

 all through the garden season, and if sufficient land is near 

 the school to justify such an undertaking, it may be advisable 

 to carry on a school garden. For a high-school garden the 

 plan of making a demonstration home garden for an average- 

 sized family seems the best one. The garden should be planted 

 and cared for as a class enterprise. Small fruits and orna- 

 mental planting may make the whole scheme a valuable, prac- 

 tical piece of work in connection with the school study of 

 vegetable gardening. The garden should be carried on as 

 nearly in accordance with directions and correct principles 

 which are given in this chapter as is possible. For individual 

 work in vegetable gardening the home project garden is to 

 be recommended as most desirable. 



Cold frames and hotbeds. Since the work with cold 

 frames and hotbeds would come during the school season, it is 

 advisable by all means to undertake this practical exercise at 

 school. 



