242 GAEDENING FOR WOMEN 



The cHef tools and implements requisite to tlie school 

 garden are hoes, rakes, hand weeders, garden Hnes, one or 

 two spades and shovels, a wheelbarrow, hammer, saw, 

 nails, etc. The pupils, as a rule, require only hoes, rakes 

 and hand weeders. Those pupils who are sufficiently 

 mature to work a plot by themselves, or along with a 

 companion, can get along very well with hoes and rakes 

 of the average size. In one case, where smaller tools were 

 supplied, the pupils abandoned them after a little practice 

 for those of the standard size. 



While the plan of laying out the gardens varies 

 according to soil, surface and location, the arrangement 

 of the Bowesville garden suggests the general features that 

 have been kept in view. These include a belt of ornamental 

 native trees and shrubs surrounding the grounds ; two 

 v/alks, each about one hundred yards long, between rows 

 of trees ; a playground about half an acre in area for 

 boys ; a lawn of about a quarter of an acre for the girls, 

 bordered with some light and graceful shade, such as the 

 cut-leaf birch ; a small orchard, in which are grown a few 

 varieties of the fruit trees most profitable to the district ; 

 a forest plot, in which the most important Canadian trees 

 will be grown from seed and by transplanting ; a plot for 

 cultivating the wild herbs, vines and shrubs of the district ; 

 space for individual plots and special experimental plots ; 

 an attractive approach to the school, including open lawn, 

 large flowering plants, foliage, rockery, ornamental shrubs, 

 etc. 



The special experimental plots are, as a rule, larger than 

 the individual plots. They are used for such purposes 



