. Annual report of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Teachers' Leaflet. 599 THE APPRENTICE CLASS IN GARDENING. John W. Spencer. In teaching children gardening I would divide the instruction into three divisions, viz.: Apprentice Gardening. Journeyman Gardening. Master Gardening. The purpose of this article is to give instruction to teachers that they may help the children in the lower grades to begin a familiarity— an acquaintance—with the growth of plants. A young duck know
. Annual report of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Teachers' Leaflet. 599 THE APPRENTICE CLASS IN GARDENING. John W. Spencer. In teaching children gardening I would divide the instruction into three divisions, viz.: Apprentice Gardening. Journeyman Gardening. Master Gardening. The purpose of this article is to give instruction to teachers that they may help the children in the lower grades to begin a familiarity— an acquaintance—with the growth of plants. A young duck knows how to swim the first moment it drops into water. I am not sure but that he is as capable at that moment as after years of experience. A knowledge of how best to help plants to grow is different. It is more like climbing a mountain—tak- ing a step at a time. But begin stepping early in life and then keep on stepping. Early familiarity with plants counts for much—perhaps as much as early music and dancing lessons. As a farm boy I cannot recall when I did not know about some certain thing relating to the soil and vegeta- tion. Such early knowledge, to some extent, disqualifies one as a teacher for the reason that one assumes that others have had the same advantages, and to mention some familiar but fundamental points would be threshing old straw. In the December issue, I said something about motherhood of plants. I did not intend that article as one of pleasing speculation, but rather to help you to get the point of view of the plant. I tried to lead you to understand that the impulse of motherhood was strong, that the plant would in the beginning endeavor to overcome all obstacles and make the most of its life. Circumstances often impose conditions on plants in their growth that they are helpless to overcome. They do not thrive any more than you or I would if we were thrust under water or clapped into a An apprentice Please note that these images
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