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Gardening 



Itainnond H". Smtt 



FIG. 9. The garden of the fifth and sixth grades in the Emerson School, New- 

 ton, Massachusetts. The children of one or more grades work together in the 

 care of a common garden. 



summer vacation begins ; also many autumn crops can 

 be planted after school again opens. 



One of the best plans for organizing the grade gardens 

 of a city in the northern states that has come to the atten- 

 tion of the writer is that employed at Newton, Massachu- 

 setts. Here grade gardens are maintained for the fourth, 

 fifth, and seventh grades. In the garden for a fourth 

 grade, radishes, lettuce, beets, Swiss chard, carrots, 

 beans, and late squash are raised. These are all readily 

 grown from seed sown in the garden. Radishes and 

 lettuce yield crops before the close of school in June. 

 Beans, beets, and Swiss chard give returns during the 

 summer to the pupils who care for the garden through 

 vacation time. Work in the same garden is continued 

 by the class in the following autumn, when the squash 



