AMONG SCHOOL GARDENS 



These three gardens give a graded system of 

 work which, however, is only loosely defined at 

 Cleveland and Dayton. In the former city, the 

 boys are in charge of a superintendent and assistant 

 teacher who take the greatest pains to make them 

 realize the freedom accorded them in the garden. 

 Each boy's development, as agriculturist and 



Comparing Crops 



embryo citizen, is watched over. The garden- 

 ing program is not yet completed but the inten- 

 tion is to develop a three years' course and, 

 perhaps, to end it with a taste of nearly all the 

 activities of a farm. 



At Dayton, a trained gardener, one fond of 

 children, is employed to have the care of the 

 gardens and flower beds, and to inspect and 

 instruct in the boys' section. The Hartford 



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