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BEGINNING THEIR GARDENSR. E. LEE SCHOOL PUPILS ! -tl«I «• *If d ggin r in the 301t. a irm, ] I moist earth at the spring tin* • a | £ the year provides the exquisite # sensations that the poets Smg of,then bftweea 75 and 100 of the!primary and intermediate students'at the ft E. Lee building were certainly in *h ir element Mondayafternoon. Iraking, digging with' grimy i n * Angers and sti k asweif a r more approved implement. 5-.e-.ng patting and covering up in h.- a arm blanket of earth, tb»* h:l i i at work provided a rath* r n- » r ug s ght to passergby. taking ■ ‘i- • :til their hoeg and rakes and p: k. and dividing and lt;snapping tlo * - ~ .eeds and plants j The work was suggested and en coiiraged in tie* Moth rs Teachers club of the l^e school, and now, on ?he north and west side of th# school ground., a wide border thatw ill , $onu day he in the shade ofthe Ion* row of trees recentlyplanted next the walk has been divided into a hundred or more fair-44 of ground fourfeet by six. and some of moregenerous proportions for the older■ f; • \ children jmj ttructed about the planting'of seeds,soil preparation, etc.. and all seem enhtusiastic over the work. Garden impl merits were brought from home, and many of the older boys . ones i rspalt;v for th* seed planting The plot# all Be * m to b# fln#l workedover with the earth loosened ar : ♦ *rween everyplots-is a level space a foot or so wide, from where the earth has been dug and cleared off, so that the plots are all about a foot higherthan the paths, making them distinctly separate,Monday afternoon many of the children who were anxious to com* nunlt;e work at once on their d giac*i until 11 usk planting their s« ds Tuesdaymoriing saw littl sticks mw kout of the ground with the gay-| colored flower seed packet on it, showing what had been planted,Some of the mor#» ambitious children had transplanted pansy plants,| carnations, roses, and other grow-ing thing# carefully into their plots, j The teachers had advised about i the purchase of seeds, and in most cages the hardy, gay colored flow, ers eaty to raise had been chosen.' including verbenas, phlox, petunia*,I violets and others. Flags had been * transplanted into many beds, andnasturtiums seemed a favorite.I Later will come the real test of the little gardeners—when the hot sun demands more and more water, and the stringy, heat resistingI weeds poke themselves persistent -! ly among the flowers. But unless If the enthusiasm w anes greatly, ther remise to more than ful-rf* cl! the expectations of those who
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Record and Chronicle
Denton, Texas, US
Wed, Mar 19, 1913
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