THE EVOLUTION OF THE SCHOOL GARDEN 



tend the work of each group. By these means the 

 value of the work became known to as many 

 taxpayers as possible. To further this end, the 

 gardens were open to inspection at all times and 

 their pupils encouraged to try for prizes at the 

 county fairs, "in many places the people have 

 taken up the experiment with an openmindedness 



Teachers' Class Visiiing the Merden School Gardens. Canada 



that has already carried it far on the way to 

 success." Today, with the exception of Quebec, 

 where a dual system of schools (Protestant and 

 Catholic) exists, the Macdonald school gardens, 

 some twenty-nine in number, are supported largely 

 by the provinces. In Quebec and in a few in- 

 stances elsewhere the Macdonald fund still 

 offers assistance, though its chief work is to 



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