HOW TO MAKE A SCHOOL GARDEN 5 



the things' that are uncommon; but it is 

 much better that the child should know 

 the common things, the everyday things 

 of life, the things about him, than to 

 know what grows in Africa or China or 

 Japan. After he knows the common 

 things he can learn the others, if there 

 be time and space. 



If the gardens are to be individual 

 gardens, they should be staked out with 

 a stake at each corner, which is driven 

 securely into the ground. One of these 

 stakes can be numbered; or, better still, 

 place an eighteen-inch nursery label in 

 the front centre with the number upon it. 

 It is easier to keep track of the pupils 

 by number than by name, especially if 

 there are many of them. With individual 

 gardens, they may vary from two feet 

 square to ten by one hundred and ninety 

 feet, as do the various school gardens now 

 in existence in the United States. Where 

 the gardens are of large size, it is found 

 easier to have them longer than wide. 

 If these gardens are open to exposure on 



