CHAPTER XXX 



OTHER GARDENS 



Where the garden is connected with a school, it 

 should conform with certain special needs of the cur- 

 riculum and class hours. In a public park, where 

 the garden is for recreation and health, there may be 

 more freedom in the hours of attendance of the chil- 

 dren, which must of necessity be out of school hours, 

 and during vacation. In gardens under private aus- 

 pices, a charge may be made. 



When the number of children is small, more at- 

 tention can be given to each detail of the work, while 

 in gardens with many children, it may be wise to give 

 more attention to general results and appearance of 

 the whole, even at the sacrifice of some details. 



In localities where there can be home gardens, the 

 smaller plots of. the school garden are sufficient for 

 purposes of instruction, after which, in their homes, 

 the children can use the knowledge for cultivating 

 larger plots. In other places, the amount of product 

 per child may be of sufficient importance for each to 

 have as large a plot as they can cultivate success- 

 fully. There are many home gardens, where the 

 workers undertake just a little too much for their 

 time and strength, and they become discouraged, and 



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