6 , Gardening 
Van Eorie Kilpatrick 
Fic. 4. An individual plot garden without paths. The rows of vegetables 
Tun uninterruptedly across the field and the corners of the plots are marked only 
by stakes. 
or grades has a garden plot, usually of small area. The 
pupil cares for his own plot, but the work of planting, 
caring for, and harvesting the crops is all done under the 
direction of a teacher and supervisor. 
Formerly, in school-garden work very enemy indi- 
vidual plots were assigned to the pupils, and especially 
in Los Angeles and New York City this plan is still 
followed with marked success. This method stimu: 
lates individual effort, and it provides individual plots 
for children who have no opportunity for home gar- 
dens.. But in most places it has been replaced by the 
community grade garden and the school-directed home 
garden. 
The community school or grade garden is one in which 
all the children of the grade or the school jointly partici- 
pate in the work of preparing the soil, planting, and 
caring for the entire garden plot. The purpose of the 
