CHILDREN'S GARDENS 



Goldenrod, Aster, Daisy, Milkweed, Sunflower, 

 and the attractive Bittersweet, Clematis, Wild 

 Cucumber, and Virginia Creeper. Pictures of 

 good landscape-gardening will suggest what can 

 be accomplished in a school yard. 



Two women in a New England town became 

 interested in the improvement of school grounds. 

 They called at the High School, and invited all 

 the students who were willing to assist in beau- 

 tifying their school grounds to attend an illus- 

 trated lecture on Landscape and School Garden- 

 ing, to be given at a private house for their 

 benefit. The women were delighted to have 

 every member of the school respond. After the 

 pictures were shown, the students brought out 

 the plans which they had been asked to bring, 

 and suggestions were made as to the most artis- 

 tic grouping of trees and shrubs. The next 

 morning the school was organized and com- 

 mittees appointed for specific parts of the work 

 — a general committee, one to secure the trees, 

 another the shrubs, and another the vines. Na- 

 tive trees and shrubs were generally used, as 

 they were easily accessible in the woods near at 

 hand. The students were deeply interested and 

 the work was soon well under way. 



An attempt was made to improve the rather 

 dreary school grounds of a certain village. 

 Committees were appointed from the Village 



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