. Among School Gardens . Our Pumpkins—Lakeview School, Pueblo, Col. bunched, and its attractiveness when ready forhome or market. If bunched, flowers and vegetables should besecurely tied, but so loosely as not to look practical object lesson in the aesthetic value ofgrouping a few flowers, or in the beauty of a singleblossom, together with some suggestions of therelation of color and form, or hints as to the ap-propriateness of the receptacle which holds them, 272. z UJ QJ X u -Joo3:u CO>- CQ a UJ < SOME LAST THINGS should be given sometimes, even if there be noinsistence upon
. Among School Gardens . Our Pumpkins—Lakeview School, Pueblo, Col. bunched, and its attractiveness when ready forhome or market. If bunched, flowers and vegetables should besecurely tied, but so loosely as not to look practical object lesson in the aesthetic value ofgrouping a few flowers, or in the beauty of a singleblossom, together with some suggestions of therelation of color and form, or hints as to the ap-propriateness of the receptacle which holds them, 272. z UJ QJ X u -Joo3:u CO>- CQ a UJ < SOME LAST THINGS should be given sometimes, even if there be noinsistence upon the childrens following the sugges-tions. Whether they do, or not, will depend insome measure upon the class of children and theirhomes. A single flower in a bottle may be morebeautiful than a tight bunch in a vase. Again,the lesson in hygiene may be taught, not from thestandpoint of how cut flowers must be cared for,to prevent the slime and bad smell of decaying stemleafage, but from the desire to have the preciousflowers keep fresh as long as possible, and theknowledge that clean-stripped stems will helpto this end. The illustrations opposite pages 265, 187 and273 show what children can do in the way ofharvesting and making exhibits. The firstgives a group of about 70 boys, or a littleless than a fourth of the lads in that particulargarden. The girls are not included because thephotograph was taken before 1909, at which timethe garden was doubled in size and the sa
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