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GARDENS AND THEIR MEANING 



vegetables that will ripen before the end of June, frankly 

 giving up the crops that need attention during July and 

 August. The writer of a recent popular book on nature 

 study would have us accept the notion that a school garden 

 can, without much attention, " worry through the summer," as 

 he calls it. " In fact," he continues, " a neglected garden may 

 be made to furnish some excellent lessons in the study of 



WHO 'S WHO IN THE GARDEN " 



weeds, overcrowding, insect effects, etc." To be sure, he does 

 not advocate this as an ideal way of conducting a school gar- 

 den. And yet it is not reasonable that any believer in real 

 gardening should with so little concern drop midsummer 

 out of the calendar. 



We should realize that a garden effects for good or ill a 

 great deal more than the few individuals who run it. Having 

 make-believe or half-cared-for gardens in its midst may spoil 

 a neighborhood ; even a few weeks of neglect will turn a 



