AMONG SCHOOL GARDENS 



cultivating the ground, in raising vegetables and 

 flowers; in the near future they will also have 

 practical work in tree and fruit culture. From 

 the garden they must provide largely for their 

 daily food, because for a part of each summer they 

 live in tents on the high bluff upon which their 

 garden is located. From the camp they can see far 



Park Life School Garden, Dubuque, Iowa 



up and down the Mississippi River and over into 

 Wisconsin. Part of the summer program in- 

 cludes a week of tramping or driving through the 

 country round about, which is rich in historic and 

 geological interest. A daily talk or lecture is 

 given upon some phase of the boys' work, while 

 the swimming pool and the joy of camping offset 

 lessons and work. The gala week of the summer 



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