. Among School Gardens . ter and witch hazel they flourish in theirseason. Some of the rarer plants were broughtor sent from central New York, from New Hamp-shire and from distant parts of Massachusetts. However, one need not in any rural districtgo far to find suitable material for fern or wildflower border, for shrubbery or for trees fit to betransplanted. There are few plants that, likethe arbutus and fringed gentian, rebel at civiliza-tion, and many that increase in size and bril-liancy under cultivation. That they are hardyand persistent when once rooted, twenty yearsexperience in gardeni
. Among School Gardens . ter and witch hazel they flourish in theirseason. Some of the rarer plants were broughtor sent from central New York, from New Hamp-shire and from distant parts of Massachusetts. However, one need not in any rural districtgo far to find suitable material for fern or wildflower border, for shrubbery or for trees fit to betransplanted. There are few plants that, likethe arbutus and fringed gentian, rebel at civiliza-tion, and many that increase in size and bril-liancy under cultivation. That they are hardyand persistent when once rooted, twenty yearsexperience in gardening in a city back yard 66 DIFFERENT KINDS OF SCHOOL GARDENS has proved.* Dutchmans breeches (dicentra),hepatica, spring beauty, anemone, jack-in-the-pulpit, columbine, adders tongue, asters, goldenrod, violets of several kinds, the rose marsh-mallow and the wild sunflower all bear trans-planting and cultivation. Raspberry vines andblackberry bushes can be utilized for the gardenas well as wild grape, woodbine or Virginia. Rock Garden, Audubon School, Dubuque, Iowa creeper, bittersweet, clematis, and some of theother native vines. The hobble bush has beautyof blossom and leafage. Thorn apple, floweringdogwood, the elders, wild barberry and bobsumac provide good shrubbery and several of * Many of the early spring plants were given warm and sunnyplaces in winter and early spring, and sheltered by the dense shadeof grape vines in the summer and early fall. 67 AMONG SCHOOL GARDENS them furnish rich color and effective outhnes inthe fall and winter. The mountain ash and thewhite birch are treasures, and many a seedlingelm, oak or maple is easily found. In some way establish a bond of interestbetween the school and the home growing offlowers. Start a plant or two in the schoolroomwindow.* One teacher in a rural school beganhis flower garden with a single fuchsia and in twoor three years had a large family of plants includ-ing many grandchildren of the original fact, that fam
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