CHILDREN'S GARDENS 77 



This rule is used in building by many men who have 

 never had enough school study in mensuration to 

 learn that " The square of the hypotenuse of a right 

 angle triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of 

 the other two sides." And very many children have 

 studied this rule in school without ever learning how 

 to apply it in real work. 



Where .a Children's Garden is maintained year after 

 year on the same ground, the paths should remain 

 fixed and the children spade their plots for each plant- 

 ing instead of having the whole area plowed or 

 spaded. It results in better paths. Manure and fer- 

 tilizer will then only be placed on the portion to be 

 planted, resulting in a considerable saving. 



