. Among School Gardens . ng Association ofCleveland. In each of these the work is plannedpreeminently to give a practical, serviceable,remunerative knowledge of truck gardening. Yetthe underlying aim of Mr. Patterson and , the founders of the two first namedgardens, was the broad purpose of developing theboy through the labor performed, the specialknowledge gained, and habits formed. The samedesire to cultivate boys as well as plants, pre-vails at the Cleveland Training Garden. Be-cause its method of training is so individual andbecause the boys are encouraged to stay for play,this g
. Among School Gardens . ng Association ofCleveland. In each of these the work is plannedpreeminently to give a practical, serviceable,remunerative knowledge of truck gardening. Yetthe underlying aim of Mr. Patterson and , the founders of the two first namedgardens, was the broad purpose of developing theboy through the labor performed, the specialknowledge gained, and habits formed. The samedesire to cultivate boys as well as plants, pre-vails at the Cleveland Training Garden. Be-cause its method of training is so individual andbecause the boys are encouraged to stay for play,this garden in a measure falls into the third classof vacation school gardens. 223 AMONG SCHOOL GARDENS These three gardens give a graded system ofwork which, however, is only loosely defined atCleveland and Dayton. In the former city, theboys are in charge of a superintendent and assistantteacher who take the greatest pains to make themrealize the freedom accorded them in the boys development, as agriculturist and. Comparing Crops embryo citizen, is watched over. The garden-ing program is not yet completed but the inten-tion is to develop a three years course and,perhaps, to end it with a taste of nearly all theactivities of a farm. At Dayton, a trained gardener, one fond ofchildren, is employed to have the care of thegardens and flower beds, and to inspect andinstruct in the boys section. The Hartford 224 IN VACATION AND TERM TIME plan is different. Not so much attention isgiven to nature study. Easy, graded, outdoorlessons are given in horticulture and in someof the work in the greenhouse, together withthe budding, grafting, and transplanting thatcan be done in the tree section, grapery andsmall fruit areas. The director, the superintend-ent of grounds and the assistant teachers havethe work in charge. There is a progressivescheme of planting. The first year, the seeds areselected. The boys of the third and fourth yearsare allowed considerable latitude in the selection
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