INDEX 



Plant food. t)i, 92, 95. 106, 107 

 Planting. 167 



day. preliminaries of, 162. 

 163 



depth of. 162. i6q, 2Q4 



first lesson in, 167 



measure in, 168 



operations, 296 



plan, i6q, i8<), 294 



rule for, 1 70 



seeds for, 162 

 Plants, for all places, 287-292 



for all soils, 287-292 



sickly, 106 

 Plot, model, 152 



Plots, size of, 6, 63, 1 14, 11 5, 1 16, 

 117. 120. 131, 139, 146, 147, 

 225. 252 

 Plotting the garden, 149 

 Plowing, 88, 8t), 90, 113 

 Poison ivy, 215 

 Porosity of soil, 98, ()9 

 Porto Rico, 7 

 Potash, 105, 106 

 Potatoes, 173, 286 

 Potting, 299-301 

 Pricking out seedlings, 298 

 Productivity of soils, 86 

 Providence, R. 1., school garden 



plan, 79. 294 

 Pruning, ten principles of, 338 

 Purposes of school gardens, 222 

 Purslane, 307 



Quicklime. 93 



Radish, 158 

 Ragweed. 209, 211 



Rain, io8 



Rake, 120, 121, 132, 134. 135, 



137, 170, 171 

 Recess period, 179 

 Records, garden, 198, 302 

 Registration, forms of, 165 

 Requirements for Canadian 



school gardeners, 281 

 Robertson, James W., 13 

 Rock garden, 67 

 Roller, improvised, 181 

 Rood, Stanley H., 27 

 Root cage, 136, 183 



crops, 106 



fibres, 91, 92, 96 



nodules, 96 

 Rosedale Garden, Cleveland, O., 



58, 282 

 Rural school gardens, 46, 63 ei 

 seq. 



school house, 78 

 •Russell Sage Foundation, 230 

 Rye, winter, 90 



St. Louis, Mo., 21 

 Salary, question of, 118. 

 Salt Lake City, Utah, 21 

 Sand, 85, 87, 92. 93, 94, 95 



pea, 96 

 School farm, first children's, 4 

 School garden, aims, 222 



and boards of education. 34 

 as a farm, 241 

 as a social center, 36 

 assistants in, 44 

 definitions of. 3 

 description of, 49-51 

 economic value of, 9 

 exhibits, 273, 274 



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