CHILDREN'S GARDENS 



Castor-Oil Plants, and Cannas. Balloon- Vines 

 and Cypress- Vines are delicate, and ornamental 

 gourds please children. Tubs of Cannas, Cas- 

 tor-Oil Beans and Caladiums produce pleasing 

 effects. 



A great difficulty to be encountered in school 

 gardens is the ruinous effect of the long vaca- 

 tions. By sympathetic cooperation of school 

 and vacation school this might be overcome. 

 The children would start the garden in the 

 spring, and care for it until July; the work 

 would then be continued by the vacation-school 

 children, who would care for it through the 

 summer and leave it in good condition for the 

 school in autumn. 



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