AMONG SCHOOL GARDENS 



School gardens might then be divided into 



I. Urban or City Gardens, including 



1. The school garden farm (the one usually adopted 



for congested districts). 



2. The garden for school-ground decoration. 



3. Gardens for special purposes; such as 



a. The domestic science or kitchen garden. 



b. Gardens for germination or forcing 



purposes. 



c. Gardens for nursery or forestry purposes. 



d. Botanical gardens laid out from the 



standpoint of 



(i) Plant families. 

 (2) Commercial or home eco- 

 nomics. 



e. Exchange gardens as clearing houses for 



surplus plants. 



f. Training gardens or those of considerable 



size where stress is particularly laid 

 on large individual plots and the 

 training of their owners to truck 

 farming, even on a commercial scale. 



g. Gardens for defective or delinquent 



children, 

 h. Gardens for other specialized aims, 

 whatever they may be; as, for ex- 

 ample, for growing material to 

 illustrate special subjects, or for 

 children in the kindergarten, etc. 



I. Suburban or Rural Gardens. 



1. The school garden farm, 



2. Gardens for school-ground decoration. 



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