March, 1911 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



89 



The plots were 8x 16 ft. for seniors — 

 that is, children over 1 1 years old. Those 

 for juniors being 8x8 ft. or less. 



The cement summer house cost approx- 

 imately $220. It was eighteen feet square 

 inside and was furnished with some Sunday 

 school benches, two kindergarten tables, 

 a camp stool, movable blackboard and a 

 portable closet. In it were kept trowels, 

 weeders, improvised garden lines, some 

 material for nature study and the small 

 necessities of the garden, while the larger 

 tools were kept in a rack in the basement 

 of the Vacation Cottage. 



Flowers were, for the most part, selected 

 for the character of the soil and for decora- 

 tive effect in the late summer and fall, 

 since the garden was to "speak for itself" 

 to many who passed and to many to whom 

 the term "school garden" meant little 

 or nothing. 



About $30 was spent for flower seeds, and 

 plants for decorative effect. Government 

 seeds were also used. Tools supplied 

 were, to each child, a hoe, rake and garden 

 line. Half-moon hoes, with 4-inch and 

 5-inch blades were used, and an n -inch, 

 10-toothed rake. Fifty dollars was allowed 

 for tools, watering cans, barrows, etc. 



The mothers help in cultivating the 

 observation crops. Mother's Day was 

 every Wednesday from n a. m. to 8 p. m. 

 at the cottage. They brought the young 

 children, and frequently some of the older 

 boys and girls came with them. The 

 Director made them as much sharers in 

 the Garden School as possible, furnishing 

 extra seed for their home gardens, as well 

 as seedlings and slips, and gave as gen- 

 erously as possible to them and to the little 

 children the flowers as they opened." 



Plan Making 



TPHIS is the time to sit down at a table 

 ■*■ and work out the garden plan. 

 Choose a warm day when the snow has 

 melted and then get the measurements of 

 your garden. 



A plan is worth having because it 

 clears up all your hazy thoughts on your 

 garden to be. Then, too, it is a real guide 

 when you go outdoors to work. 



See the picture of a child's individual gar- 

 den plan. The scale is not only marked 

 out but all the different things which are to 

 be planted. The places for the tomatoes 

 could be marked off by circles in the area 

 shown on the plan. The drills for the 

 planting of small seed are shown by lines. 

 Show drills on a plan by lines or dotted 

 lines, hills by means of rings or crosses. 



Choose easy scales to work with. That 

 is, let one foot be represented on the plan 

 by an inch, half, quarter or eighth inch. 

 Suppose your garden to be 80 feet long. If 

 one inch equals one foot, then the drawing 

 must have a line of 80 inches for the 80 

 foot line. This or the half-inch is good to 

 use for a large drawing to go up in your 

 school room. But for the individual 

 plan use a much smaller scale. 



Make plans on stiff paper, drawing paper 

 or tag board. Use India ink. Place the 



plan in the centre of the piece of paper. 

 To find the centre of a sheet of paper 

 draw diagonals with a pencil, very lightly. 

 Figure out from the garden plan the 

 exact amount of seed necessary for the 

 planting. Suppose there is to be a row 

 of lettuce 50 feet in length. How much 

 lettuce seed does it take to plant 50 feet 

 of drill? Consult this table and so make 

 your estimates. 



SEED FOR IOO FT 



Beans (bush) 



Beets . 



Carrot 



Kohlrabi 



Lettuce 



Onion . 



Peas 



Radish 



Turnip 



OF DRILL 



1 qt. 



2 oz. 

 I oz. 



y 3 oz. 



J4 oz. 

 Koz. 



ipt. 



I oz. 

 l A oz. 



SEED FOR IOO HILLS 



Beans (pole) 1 pt. 

 Corn . . . V|-}^pt. 

 Melon, musk 1-2 oz. 

 Melon, water 4 oz. 



Pumpkin 

 Squash 



j lb. 

 4 oz. 



Things to be Attended to 



HPHE following are suggestions for both 

 -"■ individuals and schools: 



1. Sow in the hotbed or in boxes seeds of 

 lettuce, radish, kohlrabi, tomato and onions. 



2. About the middle of March uncover 

 the bulb beds. 



3. After the garden plan is made and the 

 seed estimate made, order the seed. 



4. Send for a seed catalogue and get 

 acquainted with it. Use it in the school 

 room. Cut out its pictures to use as 

 illustrative material. 



5. Plant inside seeds of ten weeks' stock, 

 asters, verbenas and salvia. 



6. Look over your tools. Fix the broken 

 ones, oil the rusty ones and replace the 

 hopeless ones with new tools. 



7. Make your dibbers. 



8. Look over your stock of garden 

 stakes and markers. Be sure to have plenty. 



9. Think over the conditions in your 

 garden. See if the following lists of plants 

 are of any help: 



Plants for sunny gardens are as follows: 

 Balsam, gaillardia, nasturtium, portulaca, 

 petunia, cornflower, ageratum, snap- 

 dragon, poppy, and sunflower. 



Plants for shady gardens 'are: Pansy, 

 fuchsia, begonia, ferns, myrtle, godetia, 

 nemophila, bluebells, phlox, and feverfew. 



Seedling Verbenas 



F?adi sh 



Lett uc e 

 Beets 



Beans 





See d 1 1T1 gTomatoes 



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_Bean_s_ 



Beets 



_L_e_tt_uc_e_ 

 Padi_sh__ 



Nasturtium from Seed. 



Be sure to first plan your garden on paper. 

 Know where everything is to be 



Plants for rock places: Baby's breath, 

 candytuft, clarkia, nasturtium, portulaca, 

 and columbine. 



Plants for shady places: Godetia, por- 

 tulaca, zinnia, nasturtium, poppymallow, 

 and sunflower. 



Contest Bulletin — The prizes in the 

 iqio Children's Garden Contest have been 

 awarded. A list of the prizes and the 

 prize winners is printed on page 102. 



/JPAft 



Midsummer in the Trinity Garden — a garden which "speaks for itself 



