. Arbor day : its history and observance . j^--^. according to the circumstances of the community, and a place for thepurposes of agricultural experiment, are to be created. There are now nearly 8,000 school gardens in Austria, not includhigHungary. In France, also, gardening is taught in the primary andelementary schools. There ate nearly 30,000 of these schools, each ofwhich has a garden attached to it, and the miuister of public instruc-tion has resolved to increase the number of school gardens, and thatno one shall be appointed master of an elementary school unless he canprove himself capa
. Arbor day : its history and observance . j^--^. according to the circumstances of the community, and a place for thepurposes of agricultural experiment, are to be created. There are now nearly 8,000 school gardens in Austria, not includhigHungary. In France, also, gardening is taught in the primary andelementary schools. There ate nearly 30,000 of these schools, each ofwhich has a garden attached to it, and the miuister of public instruc-tion has resolved to increase the number of school gardens, and thatno one shall be appointed master of an elementary school unless he canprove himself capable of giving practical instruction in the culture of ARBOR DAY ITS HISTORY AND OBSERVANCE. 53 motlier eartli. lu Sweden, in 1871, there were 22,000 cliildreii in thecommon schools receiving-instruction in horticulture and tree of more than 2,000 schools had for cultivation from one to twelveacres of ground. Why should we be behind the Old World in caring for the schools?By the munificence of one of her citizens Xew York has twice
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