. The school garden - as regarded and carried on in the different Provinces. ng done in at least onehundred of the rural schools. Inseveral the work is of a distinctlysuperior character. THE PLAN PURSUED As agriculture is an examinationsubject in Grade VIII and again inGrade XI, and as emphasis is placedupon the practical phases of the workin nature study which precedes theagriculture of Grade VIII and the work in botany, zoology and physicswhich precedes the agriculture forGrade XI, when the practical gar-dening is undertaken in the villageand town schools, the usual practicehas been to inclu
. The school garden - as regarded and carried on in the different Provinces. ng done in at least onehundred of the rural schools. Inseveral the work is of a distinctlysuperior character. THE PLAN PURSUED As agriculture is an examinationsubject in Grade VIII and again inGrade XI, and as emphasis is placedupon the practical phases of the workin nature study which precedes theagriculture of Grade VIII and the work in botany, zoology and physicswhich precedes the agriculture forGrade XI, when the practical gar-dening is undertaken in the villageand town schools, the usual practicehas been to include the whole school,including the teachers themselves inthe garden plan. Quite properly theupper grades, high school studentsand teachers, utilize their plots forexperimenting, testing and demon-stration work, while the lower gradesgive their attention to methods ofcultivation and becoming familiarat first hand with the varieties ofvegetables, flowers, vines and shrubsthat can be grown successfully inthis district and the varying methodsof cultivating and caring for SCHOOL GARDEN, RED DEER, ALBERTAShowing plots of pupils and teachers of the Public and High Schools. A splendid example of what can be done in town districts EDMONTON CITY SCHOOLS IN the city of Edmonton an effortwas made at three of the cityschools to carry on school gar-den work. In each case it was awoman teacher who assumed thechief responsibility and in two casesit was the primary teacher. All threeteachers, Miss Cuming, Miss Good- man and Miss Bell, have been stu-dents at the summer school forteachers. The most successful aswell as the most extensive gardenwas at the Highlands school. Its suc-cess is largely due to the untiringenergy and effective leadership ofMiss Elizabeth Cuming, who was 62 The School Garden assisted by the active co-operation ofthe other teachers on the staff, es-pecially the principal, Mr. Davis,and Miss Laughlin, another teacherwho has had the advantage of in-struction in agricult
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