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ground. The red raspberry thus spreads rapidly and if 

 left to itself will spend its energy in growing canes 

 rather than producing berries. This can be prevented 

 by cutting off all the new shoots but two or three for 

 the next year's growth. 



Make a notebook record of all these observations, and 

 write a paragraph describing the difference between the 

 methods of propagation of the black and red raspberries. 



LESSON LXIX 



SCHOOL GARDENING 



Awakened interest in school gardens. It may be of 

 interest to the boys and girls who read this lesson to 

 learn something about the value, the development, and 

 the nature of school garden work in this country. It 

 has been a common practice in several European coun- 

 tries for fully a century to conduct gardens in con- 

 nection with the work of the public schools, and the idea 

 of making gardening a part of the school work is rapidly 

 growing in favor in our own country. 



In gardening, two practical lessons in agriculture arc 

 taught first hand : first, the thorough preparation of the 

 seed bed; and, second, the results of good cultivation 

 in providing the surface mulch and in killing the weeds. 



Essentials of gardening. The ground for the garden 

 should be of a warm, rich, sandy loam, and be well 

 under-drained. In preparing the ground for planting, 

 great care and patience should be exercised in enriching 

 it and thoroughly pulverizing the top soil. The seeds 



