IN VACATION AND TERM TIME 



the large relations of each whether geographical, 

 industrial, economic or social. 



(7) In history the school garden has a less 

 prominent place, but it may be made to con- 

 tribute interest, if its plants have a story that 

 connects them with an old custom, the develop- 

 ment of the world's trade routes, the industrial 

 importance of nations or with the wars that they 

 precipitated. 



(8) The school garden is industrial training. 



(9) The school garden in manual training offers 

 a motive for making things for the garden, and 

 teaches helpfulness and economy by saving 

 money through the repair of tools and the making 

 of many garden accessories.* 



(10) The school garden, whether conducted on 

 a small or a large scale, is elementary agriculture. 

 During the years when each child is asking about 

 everything he meets, the three questions. What is 

 it? What is it good for? Why is it? the garden will 

 hold his interest and serve as a concrete answer 

 when the teacher finds it impossible to make 

 ideas clear by words. It seems almost criminal 

 to let the child's curiosity go unanswered until 

 it develops into indifference to his surroundings 

 or into an increasing dislike of them because 

 he feels their monotony or drudgery. Apart 



* Shrub, plant and pot label, cultivating stick, line and stakes, 

 cord winder, trellis (of different forms), flower-pot stand, garden 

 bench, sundial, barometer, weather vane, rain gauge, flats for seeds, 

 root cages, spreading boards and insect boxes, and even bird boxes 

 may be made. 



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