. Among School Gardens . overed outbuildings, where necessary;a large garden, having individual and co-operativeflower and vegetable plots, also some for obser-vation or experiment (sample plots, they arefrequently called), and larger areas for forestry,grapery, nursery and the growing of small should be hot and cold frames for forcing,and a small greenhouse. Most important of all,there should be a controllable water supply and,if possible, a basin or pond for aquatic life. Anequipment of tools and a toolhouse are necessary,and an arbor should be provided which may alsobe used as
. Among School Gardens . overed outbuildings, where necessary;a large garden, having individual and co-operativeflower and vegetable plots, also some for obser-vation or experiment (sample plots, they arefrequently called), and larger areas for forestry,grapery, nursery and the growing of small should be hot and cold frames for forcing,and a small greenhouse. Most important of all,there should be a controllable water supply and,if possible, a basin or pond for aquatic life. Anequipment of tools and a toolhouse are necessary,and an arbor should be provided which may alsobe used as an outdoor lecture room or for shelter 47 AMONG SCHOOL GARDENS from sudden showers. Sun dial, weather vaneand rain gauge, together with barometer andthermometer for daily observations should beat hand. To be complete, the model gardenshould have a suitable place for storing fertilizers,seeds and garden requisites, and even a smallsuite of household rooms with lecture room andlaboratory for carrying on the home laboratory. i^^^sEsm^^ Housekeeping Room, DeWitt Clinton Park, New York City and lecture work for which the garden furnishesboth material and opportunity.* This may be ideal and rarely attainable at thestart. It is often better to work up to this com- * DeWitt Clinton Park School Farm Garden has such a suite ofrooms, including those for tools and for laboratory work, in thebasement of the pergola that bounds the garden on the HudsonRiver side. In these, elementary lessons in housewifery as well asin agriculture are conducted. 48 DIFFERENT KINDS OF SCHOOL GARDENS plete garden; to have it built up gradually by thechildren and their interested associates and olderfriends. Yet in cities where there is a system ofgardens it is well to have one such as a model ofattainment. At the present time there are, as has been said,school gardens of many varying kinds carried onfor different immediate ends though with the oneunderlying and universal purpose of helping thechildren to an al
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