40 SCHOOL AND HOME GARDENING 



3. Start with a simple \'egetable garden at first, and intro- 

 duce the other things into the garden later. 



4. Do not feel that all the conditions must be ideal at 

 first. Let the children help make them so. 



5. Choose plants which will give quick returns, particu- 

 larly for small children — but remember other plants are also 

 instructive. 



6. Plan to avoid as much of the irksome toil as possible. 



7. Make the school garden as much like the home garden 

 should be as you can. 



8. The space allowed for each small child may be very 

 small, say only a few feet of a single row, if your space is 

 limited. 



9. The space allowed f6r older pupils should be increased 

 considerably. 



10. Plan for plant growth during the whole of the school 

 yefir — fall gardens, winter gardens, early spring and late 

 spring gardens. Window boxes and hotbeds will Jielp much 

 in winter. 



11. In working up the plans for the school garden, con- 

 stantly remember what will be wanted for use in the home 

 gardens to grow during vacation. 



12. The general beautifying of the school grounds should 

 be part of the school garden plans. 



13. Let the plans be simple, not fanciful. 



14. Have the charts plain and the instructions explicit. 



15. If the label stakes are all written and set before plant- 

 ing begins, it will simplify the work on planting days. 



