THE SCHOOL GARDEN BOOK 



INTRODUCTION 



From the point of view of this book the school garden is 

 any garden in which a boy or girl of school age takes an 

 active interest. It may be simply a tiny seedling growing 

 in a little flower-pot in-doors or an extensive series of garden 

 crops growing in a large garden out-doors. So far as crops 

 are concerned, however, the scope of the book is limited to 

 flowers and vegetables, no attempt being made to include the 

 fruits, large or small, the ornamental trees and shrubs, or 

 the agricultural crops. 



The gardens to be considered from this point of view may 

 be collective or individual, or both; they may be in-doors or 

 out-doors, or both; they may be at the school or the home, 

 or both. In all of these cases the plants to be grown are 

 much the same and the methods involved in growing them 

 are similar. Yet, a short preliminary discussion of special 

 plans and methods to be used in connection with these 

 various kinds of gardens may be worth while. 



In-door Gardens 



Few objects add so much to the attractiveness of a school- 

 room, or a living-room in the home, as a good window-box 

 filled with beautiful flowering plants. In the great majority 

 of cases such a box will be much more successful as well as a 



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