AMONG SCHOOL GARDENS 



bear a class or division number to help the 

 child remember at what hour he must appear for 

 instruction, though he may come at any of several 

 allotted periods for the general care of the garden. 

 The children are now ready to begin business 

 on planting day, and, if one has to manage many 

 of them, this preliminary work will prove a great 

 help. When they arrive for the lesson, select 

 one or two children in each division to help you 

 if you should need any assistance. To help them, 

 you should have all tools and seeds ready, and for 



4*— »< 8" ^< 1' >< 1' X 8" ><— 4"— > 



Bed Marker, or Marking Board 



first year first day's work, you would do better 

 to have the furrows indicated at both ends of the 

 beds. (This is quickly done with a marking 

 board.*) Planting by the line might better come 

 later. It can, however, be introduced on beds 

 8x 10 feet and over, by stretching the lines across 

 the initial markings which will help to determine 

 them. Thus you will avoid, on the very first 

 planting day, the delay and confusion likely to 



♦ See photograph and drawing. A board i foot wide, 4 feet long, 

 beveled strips of wood nailed at distances indicated. For convenience 

 it may have a long handle attached as the boy has made it. 



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