. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1893. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. The Canadian Horticulturist. i57. HORTICULTURE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. (HE fact, that by far the largest interests of our province are agri- cultural, is of itself sufficient reason for giving agricultural subjects prominence in a rural school course ; but when we consider the practically indefinite expansion of which they are capable, it becomes a matter of natural importance that something should be ;T>|fe done to bend the inclinations and direct the energies of a larger %5vr> proportion of the population toward
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1893. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. The Canadian Horticulturist. i57. HORTICULTURE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. (HE fact, that by far the largest interests of our province are agri- cultural, is of itself sufficient reason for giving agricultural subjects prominence in a rural school course ; but when we consider the practically indefinite expansion of which they are capable, it becomes a matter of natural importance that something should be ;T>|fe done to bend the inclinations and direct the energies of a larger %5vr> proportion of the population towards them. Not only is there a T^v/f^, distaste for these pursuits, as shown by the disproportionate (jy g> -, growth of urban population, but there is a lamentable ignorance ~ * of the scientific principles on which they rest. Among the many agencies to which we may look for improvment, none possess more advantages than the public schools, and horticulture presents the readiest means of introduc- ing agricultural subjects in these schools. There is not a family represented that has not at least a small garden, so that many of the facts and theories of a class lesson could be verified or tested immediately by the pupils with little trouble and no expense. The material for the practical study of plant is always at hand. Horticultural subjects can be taken with pupils of all ages, along the lines of the most approved modern methods of teaching without disturbing the ordinary school work in the least. Indeed, natural science cannot well be introduced in primary schools except through the study of plants and their modes of growth. Any pupil who is old enough to notice the difference between a leaf and a root, or that a plant droops when pulled from the ground and revives again when placed in water, is old enough to begin the study of plants ; and no pupil is so far advanced that he does not find something to interest him in even a limited garden. As a mental discipline, quite apart
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