CHILDREN'S GARDENS 



The Nursery. — The nursery, containing 

 specimens of the most common native trees and 

 shrubs, arranged according to a systematic 

 classification, could be well managed by the stu- 

 dents of the senior grades. Lessons in propa- 

 gation by cuttings, top grafting, root grafting, 

 budding, transplanting, would enable them to 

 improve and increase their stock. As soon as 

 the trees and shrubs are ready to be removed 

 from the nursery, the students should have 

 charge of their culture and distribution, of the 

 replanting of seeds, and of the making of hard- 

 wood cuttings for the greenhouse. The improve- 

 ment and care of school grounds should come 

 under their direction. Instruction should in- 

 clude making and caring for lawns, setting of 

 hedges, planting of shrub borders, transplant- 

 ing and trimming of trees and shrubs. 

 I Children should be taught to appreciate the 

 'beauty of common things. How few persons 

 realize the decorative possibilities of our native 

 Viburnums, Cornels, Azaleas, Kalmias and 

 Rhododendrons , and the many other attractive 

 native shrubs. After the trees and shrubs have 

 served their purpose in the nursery, they could 

 be transplanted by the children to their homes. 

 With what pleasure they would care for a 

 young Oak, Maple or Viburnum they had seen 

 developing in the nursery. The influence of 



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