THE SCHOOL GARDEN. 



5. In the borders around the " experiment garden " 

 there should be a collection of economical and techni- 

 cal plants of the home region ; stalk fruit, hoe fruit, le- 

 guminous plants, and fodder plants, as far as they do 

 not belong in the " experiment garden ; " also aromatic, 

 medicinal, and commercial plants of all kinds. 



6. A collection of the chief poisonous plants of the 

 home region. 



7. A little kitchen garden with hot-bed or leaf-bed 

 and beds for planting out. The leaf-beds are made in 

 boxes and covered with glass, and are good both for 

 raising seeds and planting slips. They can be used in 

 a window or over an oven or stove, and are made of 

 red clay, which absorbs warmth from the sun even if the 

 glass cover is shaded. 



8. In small beds, or singly, flowers, high-bush roses, 

 ornamental shrubs and perennials. 



9. A beehive in a distant part of the garden. 



10. A small plantation of mulberry trees and 

 bushes (in southern regions) ; and, where it is practi- 

 cable, a large water basin A fountain belongs to every 

 school. 



Since the school has patriotic aims that is, to build 

 up an army ready for defence and capable of enthusiasm, 

 there should be a gymnastic ground in the neighborhood 

 of the school-house. If this can be within the school 

 garden, it has, like the covered gymnastic hall, found 

 its most beautiful and appropriate location. 



EXPENSE AND FEASIBILITY. 



A school garden which contains all these requisites 

 does not need an extravagant outlay in order to contain 



