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Garden Work 
Where elementary science is taught, the school garden again is a great 
aid to its effective teaching. Geology can be made most interesting with 
regard to rock formation and decay, and the formation of soils. Chemistry 
is involved, with regard to the elements which are in combination to form 
the rocks and minerals, the food of plants, the composition of the atmos- 
phere, the composition of the plant, &c., the manures to apply to soils, and 
the ingredients to use to destroy harmful insects, and the diseases which 
attack the plants. Botany can be studied with regard to the life and 
growth of the garden plants; the parts of the plant and the functions of 
each part. Meteorology is concerned with regard to the atmosphere and 
the climatic conditions, and their effects on plants in the garden, &c. 
Thus it will be seen how useful the school garden may become, not 
only in giving those children who, in the future, will earn their livelihood 
on the land a thorough training for their work, but also in imparting a 
sound educational equipment to all scholars, whatever their future callings 
may be. 
