56 THE SCHOOL GARDEN. 



proprietors are giving large domains for school gar- 

 dens, and the wood for fencing them in, in very taste- 

 ful patterns, besides plants, small trees, etc. The 

 peasants carry away the bad soil of a school garden, 

 and bring the good earth and work industriously in the 

 laying out. I am in possession of a whole list of de- 

 mands for school gardens in this district ; from noble- 

 men, advocates, clergymen, teachers, etc. I was occu- 

 pied for several years in the work of- the City park at 

 Olmutz, and not only from compatriots, but from stran- 

 gers at a great distance, who were unknown to me per- 

 sonally, and who did not know the plans, did I .receive 

 the most varied assistance. One need only hammer 

 away at such things to succeed at last. 



Engineers, architects, gardeners of large gardens, and 

 other cultivated men, willingly draw up a plan if they 

 are asked, and have become interested in the cause. 

 According to my experience thus far, many an able man 

 in every community which expresses the wish is ready 

 to sketch out a garden plan, as soon as one lays before 

 him an outline of the territory with a few strokes, and 

 gives him a description of the place and its surround- 

 ings. The space to be taken for the garden offers no 

 special difficulties. Every reader of this essay must see 

 for himself that in most cases the school garden, like the 

 coat in the hands of the tailor, must be cut according 

 to the cloth. 



The community must, of course, bear the expense 

 both of laying out and supporting the school gardens ; 

 but they will soon bring money to the region, and the 

 teacher whose home garden is quite separated from the 

 school proper, and who has the greatest trouble about 

 it, soon receives half of the net income. The amount 



