AMONG SCHOOL GARDENS 



gardens stop short with a certain amount of 

 scientific information and the habit of careful 

 observation," these Canadian gardens while "de- 

 signed to encourage the cultivation of the soil as 

 an ideal life work, intend to promote above all 

 things else symmetrical education of the indi- 

 vidual." Hence, in order that this attitude might 



Macdonald Insthuth, Guelph, School Gardens, July, i^of) 



be emphasized and the gardens become a factor in 

 an educational movement. Dr. Robertson brought 

 them under the Department of Education in each 

 province rather than under the Department of 

 Agriculture. Twenty-one school gardens were 

 started and were maintained free of cost to either 

 pupils or the public for three years. The various 

 provinces passed Orders in Council incorporating 



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