Williams, Dora · Boston ; New York [etc.] : Ginn and company · leaf 125
THE ART OF MAKING THINGS GROW 109 perfectly at home in school gardens. One or two plants of each kind are enough to practice upon if lack of room pre- vents having more. Every one of these shrubs, however, rebels against shiftlessness and will not put up with neglect. Space must also be saved for a… … A FUTURE ORCHARDIST time the trenches must be ready and waiting. A little tree requires a trench at least three feet wide and two feet deep. The gardener be- gins by filling the bottom of the trench with earth ; this he fairly saturates with water. Next he brings out one by one the treelings, whose…
School gardens
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