HOW TO MAKE A SCHOOL GARDEN 5 
the things that are uncommon; but it is 
much better that the child should know 
the common things, the everyday things 
of life, the things about him, than to 
know what grows in Africa or China or 
Japan. After he knows the common 
things he can learn the others, if there 
be time and space. 
If the gardens are to be individual 
gardens, they should be staked out with 
a stake at each comer, which is driven 
securely into the ground. One of these 
stakes can be numbered; or, better still, 
place an eighteen-inch nursery label in 
the front centre with the number upon it. 
It is easier to keep track of the pupils 
by number than by name, especially if 
there are many of them. With individual 
gardens, they may vary from two feet 
square to ten by one hundred and ninety 
feet, as do the various school gardens now 
in existence in the United States. Where 
the gardens are of large size, it is found 
easier to have them longer than wide. 
If these gardens are open to exposure on 
