THE EVOLUTION QF THE SCHOOL GARDEN 



made most prominent, according to circumstances. 

 Its power for developing a child's nature should 

 not be confined to only one of these viewpoints; 

 neither should it be considered appropriate to one 

 stratum of society or to a few classes of children 

 only, it may ease the condition of the poor and 

 bring profit and pleasure to their children. To 

 the children of the rich and well to do it will give 

 pleasure, and should teach some needed lessons in 



Macdonali) CoNsoi.iDAi i:i) School and Gardi:ns, Guelph 



personal responsibility and in the consequences of 

 broken laws from which it is human nature to 

 think that one may escape. 



So long as the educational value of school 

 gardens is not fully recognized by local school 

 boards, just so long will they be dependent for 

 their support upon philanthropic societies or upon 

 the good will of private individuals, and be subject 

 to the discouragement of loose tenure and shift of 

 locality as land values rise. Until very recently 



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