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positions than they are in the middle of the lawn, 

 and they also show off better. Hollyhocks are very 

 effective. 



More than one-third of all public schools will 

 probably always be in the country. They will 

 have most intimate relations with rural life. We 

 must make that life attractive to the pupils. In 

 Europe there are school gardens, and similar plans 

 are recommended for this country. It is certainly 

 desirable that some area be set aside for the actual 

 cultivation of plants by the children, and for the grow- 

 ing of specimens to be used in the schoolroom. 



HINTS FOR THE FIRST SCHOOL GARDEN 



BY EDITH GOODYEAR ALGER 



From School Gardens 



BEGIN early early enough to stir up enthusi- 

 asm before it is time to stir up the soil; early enough 

 to transplant all rubbish from the school grounds 

 before it is time to plant seeds.. 



Have the children decide what the garden is to 

 be, and here is a wide range; it may be a little orna- 

 mental "posy bed" cared for by all the children, 

 a wild flower and fern garden of plants transplanted 

 from woods and fields, a flower garden in which 

 each child has a row, or a flower and vegetable gar- 

 den divided into individual plots. The individual 



