io Gardening 



must consume so much time in travel that the instruc- 

 tion becomes costly. Perhaps in the country the work 

 in gardening should become a part of the more general 

 boys' and girls' club work, with the same teacher 

 for both the gardening and the other work. Certainly, 

 under the stimulus of competent supervision and 

 guidance and with proper credit in the school course, 

 home gardening in the country can be made to yield 

 at least as rich results as it now yields in towns and 

 cities. 



The demonstration or observation garden is chiefly for 

 educational purposes. It supplements the school, grade, 

 and home gardens, and serves to instruct the entire com- 

 munity, young and old alike. At the present time the 

 most common observation garden is one that demon- 

 strates a model home garden. 



But an observation garden may serve other purposes. 

 Plants not usually seen in the region may be grown, and 

 new crops or new varieties of standard crops may 

 be tested to determine if they are suited to local culture. 

 A school can maintain hotbeds and "cold frames, 

 thus demonstrating their construction and uses and 

 at the same time supplying seedlings of such crops as 

 cabbage and tomato for transplanting to the home gar- 

 dens. 



The observation garden can be used also for seed pro- 

 duction, for demonstrations in plant breeding, and 

 for practical instruction in agriculture and in the grow- 

 ing of plants of value in floriculture, horticulture, and 

 forestry. As instruction in gardening becomes more 

 general, demonstration gardens will undoubtedly be- 



