AMONG SCHOOL GARDENS 



for school-ground decoration, very likely of the 

 formal sort. Here, where plant lines must har- 

 monize with architectural lines and a color scheme 

 of continual bloom be carried out, the training 

 of a landscape gardener, or the advice of an ex- 

 pert, is necessary. But if the outline of such a 



Vacant Lot in Louisville. The First Planting 



garden be prepared, the teacher can follow it; 

 the children can help in cultivating the hedges, 

 trees and flowers. The garden becomes an object 

 lesson and pleasure to the neighborhood and of 

 permanent and increasing value to the school. 

 To the children, it will be a means of development 

 in more than one direction. 



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