A School Garden

Abstract

In October, when our school opened, we found many flowers still blooming in " Grandmother's Garden" at Lincoln Park. The children were anxious to have hollyhocks, hardy chrysanthemums, and some bright autumn flowers in front of our building. We consulted the seed catalogues, gardening books, and the park gardener, to find when such things should be planted. Some of us had had experience with bulb-planting, and it was decided that, since it was too late for fall flowers, our front yard should have flowers in the spring. Bulb catalogues were sent for. Pictures and flower descriptions were studied. The children were surprised to find that so many of the plants familiar to them came from bulbs.