School gardening and nature study in English rural schools and in London . o instruct them in the principles and prac-tice involved in the successful cultivation of cottage and allot-ment garden. The teachers are usually the teacher or gardenerAvho conducts the clay school classes and who gives strictly practical 204 24 lessons twice a week. Each boy has his own plat, all useful cropsbeing represented on it to show how the most and best can be madefrom the land/ The produce of each plat belongs to the pupil and inaddition prizes are given, based on marks of merit, for good work-manship, orderl
School gardening and nature study in English rural schools and in London . o instruct them in the principles and prac-tice involved in the successful cultivation of cottage and allot-ment garden. The teachers are usually the teacher or gardenerAvho conducts the clay school classes and who gives strictly practical 204 24 lessons twice a week. Each boy has his own plat, all useful cropsbeing represented on it to show how the most and best can be madefrom the land/ The produce of each plat belongs to the pupil and inaddition prizes are given, based on marks of merit, for good work-manship, orderly arrangement and condition of crops, and for neat-ness of plats, edgings, and paths. (See figs. 11 and 12.) The greatest number of marks are given for the more importantcrops and superior cultural attention, as, for example, up to 10 markscan be obtained for each of the following 7 subjects: Cleanliness and good workmanship, judgment and order in crop-ping, peas, potatoes, winter greens (including savoys, Brusselssprouts, kale, and broccoli), flowers, and berry Pig. 11.—Surrey school garden on very poor soil. Up to 8 marks each for 11 serviceable crops: Broad beans, run-ner and dwarf kidney beans, beets, cabbage (cooking), cauliflowers,onions, turnips, carrots, parsnips, and vegetable marrows. Up to G marks each for asparagus, celery, cucumbers, leeks, let-tuce, rhubarb, seakale, tomatoes. Up to 1 marks each for artichokes (globe and tuberous), cabbages(red), shallots, spinach, herbs (including parsley, mint, sage, etc.),radishes and small salads, and others not enumerated. These marks are carefully given by the county inspector, a countyaverage is made, and the teachers salary is regulated by the relation 204 25 of his schools marks to this average. Paragraph 17 in the code ofinstruction in practical horticulture, issued by the Surrey educationcommittee, states that the teachers emoluments take the form of feesand merit grants. The fees are 3 shillings for each cul
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