36 SCHOOL AND HOME GARDENING 



of the garden will add much to the pleasure, interest, and 

 value of the whole garden. Annual flowers may be planted 

 in one part of the border and perennial flowers in another. It 

 is a good plan to have a number of wild flowers from the 

 woods planted in the perennial flower garden. A wild-flower 

 garden is very inexpensive and a great source of benefit. From 

 this may come a very .wide knowledge of the wild flowers, 

 and pupils learn to appreciate the rare beauties of real nature. 



Fruits. — Schools which do not close before the time for 

 sti'awberries to ripen will find this crop a good one to raise. 

 Plan to set them in a good, sunny place and where the annual 

 plowing of the garden will not disturb them. Other kinds 

 of fruit which will mature in school season may be grown 

 in the school garden. 



The most serious objection to fruit growing in the school 

 garden is the extra temptation the fruit offers to j)ersons of 

 a marauding disposition. Under circumstances where such 

 an objection would be serious, the methods of starting and car- 

 ing for a fruit garden may be considered in school, and the 

 actual planting may be done at home. 



Nurseries. — Fruit nurseries, forest nurseries and nur- 

 series of shrubs will furnish a surprising amount of instruc- 

 tion and pleasure for the pupils. Plan to start such features 

 in the school garden, even if only on a very small scale. A 

 few grafted apple trees, or budded peaches, or shade trees 

 started from seed, or some well-known shrubs started from 

 cuttings will reveal a world of interest. 



Room for Experiments. — Plan to leave a little room in 

 the garden for at least a few experiments such as those outlined 

 in Chapter X and others in this book. 



The Completed Chart. — After the plans for the planting 

 have been determined upon, and the chart has been made, let 

 a permanent copy of it be tacked to the wall or to a board 

 to hang on the wall. Some schools frame the chart as a 

 permanent record. 



