AMONG SCHOOL GARDENS , 



them furnish rich color and effective outHnes in 

 the fall and winter. The mountain ash and the 

 white birch are treasures, and many a seedling 

 elm, oak or maple is easily found. 



In some way establish a bond of interest 

 between the school and the home growing of 

 flowers. Start a plant or two in the schoolroom 

 window.* One teacher in a rural school began 

 his flower garden with a single fuchsia and in two 

 or three years had a large family of plants includ- 

 ing many grandchildren of the original flower. 

 In fact, that family became so numerous under 

 judicious slippings that its descendants were 

 farmed out or given for adoption into the homes 

 of grateful children who frequently offered slips 

 of other flowers in return. To ask for a slip is in 

 many communities a most acceptable compliment 

 to the successful grower of house plants. Many 

 of the begonias are easily propagated from pieces 

 of stem or leaf, and their bright colors and unique 

 leafage make them universally pleasing. For 

 outdoor work about the school ask for roots of 

 lilac, forsythia or yellow flowering willow, flower- 

 ing almond or flowering quince, bridal wreath or 

 peonies. 



Strive for a clean school yard as you would for 

 a clean schoolroom, but do not stop there. Beauty 



* At the least, one can have that always interesting thing, an 

 eggshell garden, for it needs but a few seeds, one or two of them 

 planted in each shell that has been filled with a little rich soil. Later 

 the seedlings may be transplanted into the school or home garden. 



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