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SCHOOL AND HOME GARDENING 



the teaching of any subject, particularly those founded upon 

 nature. 



Measuring. — Teach children to be exact. If rows are 

 to be thirty inches apart do not let them add the width of the 

 stake each time. Let the measurement be from, say, the 

 east side of one stake to the east side of the next. 



Much benefit may arise in teaching small children to judge 

 with the eye just what is meant by four inches, or any other 



Fio. 159, — Teachers in summer school practice gardening so they may teach it 



better. 



definite distance. Measuring sticks should be used for a time. 

 These are made by marking the distances required on laths 

 or other straight pieces of wood. After a little practice with 

 these the child should be taught to judge distance without 

 them while doing the planting of seeds or plants. 



Planting. — ^When it is possible the rows in the garden 

 should run north and south to allow a more even distribution 

 of sunlight about the plants. 



The depth in planting seeds depends upon the kind \ of 



