CONTENTS 



PART I— OUTLOOK TO GARDENING 



A.PTER PAGE 



I. Beginnings and Aims 1 



Supervised Home Gardens — Historical — Character of 

 the Instruction — ^Objects of Young People's Gardens 

 — ^The School Center — -Vacation Time — School 

 Teachers the Best Leaders — "The Garden" (Poem) — 

 Opinions of Teachers. 



II. "Vacant Lot Gardening fob Villages and Cities.... 11 



Historical — ^Plan of Work — Aid to Gardeners — 

 Instruction — -The Superintendent — ^Funds for the 

 Work — ^Good and Bad Charity — Circular to Prospect- 

 ive Gardeners — A Form of Vacation Gardening — ■ 

 Home Gardening Encouraged — Health of the City — ■ 

 Criminality — -A Permanent Occupation — Gardening 

 for all Classes — " The Ambulance Down in the Valley" 

 — (Poem). 



PART II— GARDEN OPERATIONS AND EXERCISES 



III. Planning the Garden 27 



Shape of Garden — Location — Protecting the Garden 

 —Pence — Hedges and Screens — ^Laying off the Garden 

 — Making a Chart — ^Location of Crops — ^Flowers- 

 Fruits — • Nurseries — ■ Experiments — The Completed 

 Chart — Measuring and Staking — Formal Gardens — 

 Window Gardens — -Roof Gardens — Principles ■ of 

 Planning. 



IV. Garden Tools and Implements 41 



Rake and Hoe — Other Useful Tools — ^A Spading 

 Fork— The Spade— Shovels— A Pick— Grubbing Mat- 

 tocks — -Dibbers and Garden Trowels — Small Weeders 

 Hand Weeders — Marking Boards — - Sieves — ■ A 

 Sprinkling Can — Sprayers — Blank Books and Pencils 

 — ^Measures — ^Labels, Stakes and Twine— Hand 

 Carriers — ^Paint and Brushes — Pushcarts and Wheel- 

 barrows — Hand Barrows — An Arbor — Hand Planters 

 and Wheel Hoes — -A One-horse Cultivator— The 

 Plow — The Harrow — Pruning Shears and Pruning 

 Saws — Grass Hooks and Lawn Mowers — Fencing — 

 Hotbeds and Cold Frames— Tool House. 



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