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teacliers and pupils. In such cases it is the practice to 

 allow an annual expenditure in respect of the garden, the 

 amount varying from 10s. to £2. In one case, namely, 

 Bailey's Lane Mixed School, South Tottenham, an annual 

 expenditure of £3 3s. is allowed, but at this school cottage 

 gardening is tak^n as a grant -earning subject, the Head 

 Master being recognised as a qualified teacher by the 

 Board of Education. 



With this exception the gardens are used for the pur- 

 poses of instruction in botany and nature study. 



Special teachers are not engaged for the purpose of 

 giving instruction in gardening; 



The Council has at present under consideration the 

 general question of the formation and maintenance of 

 gardens in certain schools, and it is proposed that all work 

 in connection therewith shall be carried out by a staff of 

 gardeners employed by the Council, and that the gardens 

 shall be utilised for the purpose of instruction of the pupils 

 in nature study by the teachers on the staff. 



