PLANNING AND PLANTING THE GARDEN 



There are other preliminaries to " planting day " 

 besides the planning of the garden. Children may 

 be registered before the first planting lesson, — 

 and should be if the teaching force is short- 

 handed. Early in the season, notice should be 

 given the school children so that they may apply 

 for gardens. Out of such applications fifty, or 

 the number desired, may be selected and others 

 placed upon a waiting list. If there is a sufficient 

 appropriation, membership cards may be issued, 

 and later, some form of badge or certificate of 

 membership or merit. The cheapest way is to 

 notify the children by postal that they are to ap- 

 pear for registration at the garden the day before 

 it opens for classes. At that hour they can be 

 marched about the garden, shown the toolhouse, 

 allowed to get a general idea of the premises, and 

 may be told a little about the work to begin next 

 day. Then, one by one, they can be registered 

 in the class book under nationality, school, age and 

 home address. To each must be given some badge 

 or card of membership. Denison express tags 

 with name on one side and the above specifica- 

 tions on the back may be used. Make the children 

 understand that the tag or badge, and that only, 

 carries the right to work in the garden, and to own- 

 ership of the allotted plot. If lost, it will not be 

 replaced; if transferred, it will probably be for- 

 feited, and the garden given over to some one on 

 the waiting-list. The children will probably tie 

 the tags around their necks. These tags may also 



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