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ELEMENTARY AGRICULTURE 
free from grass and weeds. The shade trees should be 
mulched from time to time and watered during the hot 
dry summer months. 
Growing Plants for Home and School Grounds.— 
Such flowers as marigolds, petunias, phlox, zinnias, ver¬ 
benas, vinca, and salvia are easily grown from seed. A 
few packages of each kind of seed may be sown at the 
school in a well prepared seed bed. Some of the plants 
Fig. 157.—Well kept grounds. 
may be transplanted to the school grounds and others 
set in the home yards by the students. If you will make 
a start this year by securing a few violets, cannas, cala- 
diums, and Shasta daisies and plant them in good soil 
and give them proper care you will have many plants to 
distribute on the home and school grounds of your com¬ 
munity next year. 
QUESTIONS 
1. Give your reasons why trees, shrubs, and flowers should 
be planted on the home grounds. 
2. Name five factors that govern the size of the lawn. 
