34 THE THIRD YEARBOOK 



ample provision for unusual attention; (3) allow plenty of time for 

 systematic care ; odds and ends of time will not do ; the weeds 

 do not grow by fits and starts. 



For the aesthetic effects of the garden most people will depend 

 upon the flowers and ornamental foliage plants. Several arrange- 

 ments may be suggested which will commend themselves according 

 to the taste and opportunities of different individuals. The follow- 

 ing is a description of the garden planned and cared for by the 

 pupils of the University Elementary School : 



The garden occupied a plot of ground lying on the south side of 

 the school building, 55 meters long east and west, and 30.5 meters 

 wide north and south. The south side and the ends were inclosed 

 by a wire netting 6 feet high, and the north side was bounded by the 

 schoolhouse. 



The main cultivated portion was a strip near the south side 48 

 meters long and 12 meters wide. In the middle of the strip a 

 circular bed 12 meters in diameter was devoted to flowers, one- 

 eighth of the area being assigned to each grade. A bed in each 

 corner, 6 meters square, was sown with spring grains. The four 

 remaining plots on either side of the circular area, each about 6 

 meters square, was assigned to the grades as marked, and they were 

 planted with vegetables. 



Near the building there were nine beds, in which about one 

 thousand tulip bulbs were planted in the fall. After these had fin- 

 ished blooming, their places were given to plants that bloom later 

 in the season. 



On the walls of the building, between the windows, preparations 

 were made for planting a great variety of rapidly growing vines, 

 which, it was believed, would somewhat soften the glare of the 

 summer's sun upon the treeless grounds. 



At the inner end of each bed, in the circular plot reserved for 

 flowers, there was planted a castor bean ; at a suitable distance 

 from this, moving outward, there was planted a calladium ; next was 

 a ring of salvias ; then cornflowers, verbenas, and a border of 

 phlox, or sweet alyssum. By this selection and distribution the 

 bed had the features of ornamental foliage and flowers, which was 

 made possible by its large size. The flowering began rather early 

 and, by the choice of plants, continued until frost. The order 



