Io Gardening 
must consume so much time in travel that the instruc- 
tion becomes costly. Perhaps in the country the work 
in gardening should become a part of the more general 
boys’ and girls’ club work, with the same teacher 
for both the gardening and the other work. Certainly, 
under the stimulus of competent supervision and 
guidance and with proper credit in the school course, 
home gardening in the country can be made to yield 
at least as rich results as it now yields in towns and 
cities. ‘ 
The demonstration or observation garden is chiefly for 
educational purposes. It supplements the school, grade, 
and home gardens, and serves to instruct the entire com- 
munity, young and old alike. At the present time the 
most common observation garden is one that demon- 
strates a model home garden. 
But an observation garden may serve other purposes. 
Plants not usually seen in the region may be grown, and 
new crops or new varieties of standard crops may 
be tested to determine if they are suited to local culture. 
A school can maintain hotbeds and cold frames, 
thus demonstrating their construction and uses and 
at the same time supplying seedlings of such crops as 
cabbage and tomato for transplanting to the home gar- 
dens. 
The observation garden can be used also for seed pro- 
duction, for demonstrations in plant breeding, and 
for practical instruction in agriculture and in the grow- 
ing of plants of value in floriculture, horticulture, and 
forestry. As instruction in gardening becomes more 
general, demonstration gardens will undoubtedly be- 
