Part 12 (2/2)
Between the first and the fifteenth of April our first visit to the garden was round was so saturated ater that it was i it in that condition After taking a view of the surroundings we discovered that the plat was on low ground and that the water fro slopes at the back ran down and settled upon it
The question which naturally arose was, ”How e solved this problem The children decided that ditches, ten feet apart, should be dug crosswise in the garden They were dug, and, as the weather was favorable, in a week's time the soil was in condition to be worked
Meanwhile interest did not flag, though it was i letters to an i what tools we needed and inquiring the price, beca exercise Next, we turned dealers ourselves and rendered itearden ht and the children derived both pleasure and profit from the work
In the construction period were -time came These were cut from small pieces of ith penknives and marked ready for use
A plan by which to landscape this same plat had been drawn the year before by the supervisor of our city school gardens This plan suggested a talk on landscape gardening and intense interest was at once aroused The talk developed such questions as these:--
”Is the plan before us a good one?”
”Can we improve on it?”
”Is there any waste space which we should utilize?”
”Is the plan artistic in its arrangement?”
”Suppose ork out some plans to see what is possible”
A lesson such as this followed:--
A rectangle was drawn on the board to represent the plat Beside it was a statement of the number of beds to be laid off and the width of the paths between In the arrangement of these beds and paths there must be artistic effect
[Illustration: A FLOWER FROM THE COUNTRY]
Each child then drew a rectangle on paper andood points commended The children decided that not one ain shown, discussed, and adopted
This plan called for twenty rectangular beds 311 feet in area, four shorter rectangular beds with a triangular section arden; and a circular bed, four feet in diameter, in the middle of the plat It also allowed for one three-foot path running through the center the entire length of the garden, and a one-foot path separating the beds There was to be a 1-1/2-foot path around the middle circle
In a further study of this plan the following arithmetic problearden plat fifty feet long and twenty-five feet wide?”
”What would be the cost of this plat at one dollar and twenty-five cents a square foot?”
”How many feet of fence will be required to enclose this plat?”
”If the posts are set five feet apart, how many posts will be required?”
”There are ts of cross bea; how many will be needed for the fence?”
”How arden at twelve cents a foot?”
”What is the area of a garden bed three feet by eleven feet? the perimeter?”
”What is the circumference of a circular flower bed four feet in diameter?”