. The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year .. . nds on the treatment which the scholarsreceive, and that no appeal is made totheir sense of propriety and taste, it isonly necessary to mention a single case,where in a large school the desks and walls were thus cut and defaced in asingle winter to an amount of damage estimated at $400. A new teachercame, new furniture was procured, the buildings were repaired, and forthe next five years not a pencil scratch or a knife mark was seen on oneof the desks. Trees and Shruiss.—Among the larger trees the sugar
. The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year .. . nds on the treatment which the scholarsreceive, and that no appeal is made totheir sense of propriety and taste, it isonly necessary to mention a single case,where in a large school the desks and walls were thus cut and defaced in asingle winter to an amount of damage estimated at $400. A new teachercame, new furniture was procured, the buildings were repaired, and forthe next five years not a pencil scratch or a knife mark was seen on oneof the desks. Trees and Shruiss.—Among the larger trees the sugar maple, blackand white birches, and the silver maple, form good shade trees, and theymay be placed towards the outer portions of the grounds. For moreextended places, the chestnut and black walnut may be chosen. Amongsmaller trees the horsechestnut, the striped maple and the mountain ashare adapted to more limited grounds. For large, dense shrubs select^ Tartarian honeysuckle, Philadelphus, purple fringe and lilac. Largegrowing evergreen trees may be kept within bounds bv cutting back. Fig. 247. OF RURAL AFFAIRS. 249 SO as to give an irregular outline, and not by shearing back to a uniform-ly even and stiff surface. The views of school-houses which we have already given representthose of small size. In larger districts, more capacious buildings may be
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