CHILDREN'S GARDENS 



attraction and passes off by evaporation. After 

 a rain, or after sprinkling, when the surface 

 becomes dry, go over it with a rake and break 

 up the surface of the soil, forming a soil-mulch, 

 thus lessening capillarity. The water is drawn 



" A garden-line is a necessity." Boys' Garden, Groton, Mass. 



near the surface where it is needed by the roots 

 of the plants, but can not escape into the air by 

 evaporation. 



Devote a small plot of ground to food-plants, 

 as wheat, rye, oats, buckwheat and peanuts; to 

 fibrous plants, as flax, hemp, cotton; and to 

 medicinal, as Digitalis, Lobelia, Mandrake, Liv- 

 erwort, Dandelion, etc. These plots serve for 

 observation and experiments with fertilizers. 



INDIVIDUAL PLOT OF VEGETABLE GARDEN 



1. Flowers 5. Carrots 9. Dwarf Marigolds 13. Potatoes 



2. Lettuce 6. Spinach 10. Path 14. Corn 



3. Radishes 7. Peas 11. Dwarf Nasturtiums 15. Cannas 



4. Red Beets 8. Beans 12. Tomatoes 16. Castor- 



Oil Beans. 



