48 THE SCHOOL GARDEN. 



can be seen, a sensible as well as ornamental dwelling- 

 house for the gardener, a sumptuous iron veranda for 

 climbing plants, etc., etc. I do not of course desire so 

 costly and magnificent a garden for a city school. It 

 is not to be expected that it will be imitated in all 

 Europe. It would have too much material for a public 

 school, and would be superfluous as a public school 

 garden. 



The question involuntarily arises : Is the school gar- 

 den practicable in any very large city like Vienna or 

 Berlin ? 



School gardens are specially desirable precisely here 

 where the children find it most difficult, or indeed not 

 possible, to wander about in the open air with compan- 

 ions of their own age. 



OTHER SCHOOL GARDENS. 



As long ago as before the World Exposition in Vien- 

 na, an interesting experiment was made to create some- 

 thing equivalent to a school garden. The Director 

 Godai of the industrial school in the city pedagogium, 

 arranged the most important home plants in flower-pots 

 and boxes. 



But since the exposition, already two proper school 

 gardens have been established in Vienna, one of which 

 was made by altering another garden ; the other was 

 created anew. 



That hitherto neglected square was altered which is 

 situated in the neighborhood of the Deaf-Mute Institu- 

 tion. In the garden which now occupies this waste 

 place is now a large gymnastic ground, a well arranged 

 garden containing the most important garden and field 



