. School and home gardening; a text book for young people, with plans, suggestions and helps for teachers, club leaders and organizers. Gardening; School gardens. 6 SCHOOL AND HOME GARDENING The school garden system, in Canada " aims at helping the rural population to understand better what education is and what it aims at for them and their ; The gar- den work is " designed to encourage the cultivation of the soil as an ideal life work," but incidentally gives to the child a "symmetrical education," as it gives suitable "scientific information and t
. School and home gardening; a text book for young people, with plans, suggestions and helps for teachers, club leaders and organizers. Gardening; School gardens. 6 SCHOOL AND HOME GARDENING The school garden system, in Canada " aims at helping the rural population to understand better what education is and what it aims at for them and their ; The gar- den work is " designed to encourage the cultivation of the soil as an ideal life work," but incidentally gives to the child a "symmetrical education," as it gives suitable "scientific information and the habit of careful ; In France the object is not to teach farming but to develop in children the natural interest in flowers, birds and growing. Fig. 1.—Produce from one child's plot in one season. Fairview school, Yonkers, N. Y. (School Garden Association of America.) things, and inspire a love for the country. But the instructors give a knowledge of the soil, means of improving it, methods of cultivation, and the management of a garden. " The main object of the study (in Switzerland) is to train to better mental grasp by developing the power of obser- vation, the skilful use of the finer muscles of the hands. The useful information is incidental, though it appears otherwise to the child and often to the ; ^ In many schools in America the products of the garden are of no insignificant consideration, particularly in the minds of the children. The crops are often used for canning by "M. Louise Greene, "Among School Gardens," page Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Davis, Kary Cadmus, 1867-. Philadelphia, London, J. B. Lippincott Company
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