8 HOW TO MAKE SCHOOL GARDENS 



dealers. The land should be thoroughly 

 fertilized. 



Before going with a class of pupils into 

 the gardens to stake them out, it is well 

 to explain what is to be done, and to 

 illustrate if possible on a blackboard. If 

 the children are able to lay out the gardens 

 accurately without assistance, after it 

 has been explained to them, they are 

 certainly above the average. Few chil- 

 dren are able to apply their mathematics, 

 although they may be very bright in 

 book-work. The walks should be so 

 arranged that the gardens are easily 

 reached from the entrance, where, if 

 there is sufficient land and there are 

 several rows, five feet is not too much 

 for the walks between the rows of gardens, 

 and there should be a walk of from eight- 

 een inches to three feet between each 

 garden. This, however, is not always 

 feasible and can be dispensed with, but 

 it is desirable. If the gardens are next to 

 a fence, especially a board fence, the tall 

 plants should be located there, regardless 



