CHAPTER XV 



SOME PROBLEMS IN SCHOOL GARDENING 



There may be an earnest desire to have a 

 school garden while the condition may be such 

 as to make it impossible. A paved yard with no 

 sun is enough to dampen the ardor of the most 

 enthusiastic. However, should the space permit, 

 a few of the bricks could be removed along the 

 wall and that space cultivated. Plant an Ampe- 

 lopsis veitchii — Boston Ivy — to cling to the build- 

 ing, fence or wall, and if it is too shady for other 

 plants to grow, ferns and begonias will thrive. 

 The space could be divided into small individual 

 beds, three by three or three by six, and planted 

 to please the owner, or devoted to Tulips, Hya- 

 cinths, Crocuses, Jonquils, and Daffodils in the 

 early spring, to be succeeded by annual or per- 

 ennial plants. 



Many school yards are covered with gravel 

 and surrounded by board fences. The effect 

 would be much softened and improved, and the 

 playground restricted very little, by having 

 either a shrub or herbaceous border two or three 

 feet wide all around the yard. The ground 

 must be plowed and thoroughly enriched before 

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