Biennials.—Forget-me-not, foxglove, Canterbury bells, hollyhock, sweet-william, wallflower.
Annuals.—African daisy, ageratum, aster, calendula, calliopsis, balsam, candytuft, cornflower, cosmos, marigold, mignonette, nasturtium, petunia, poppy, stock, sweet alyssum, sweet-pea, verbena, zinnia, annual phlox, red sunflower, cut-and-come-again sunflower.
Each home gardener should study garden literature, in order to assist in solving the garden problems; for the day has passed when one needed only to scratch the soil with a shell, plant the seeds, and receive an abundant crop. Today successful gardening depends upon intelligent management of the soil and crop and upon persistent labour.
PRELIMINARY PLAN
The teacher should, if possible, visit the homes of all the pupils, in order to make herself familiar with the condition in which their grounds are kept. She may be able to secure permission from one of the housekeepers to use her grounds as the practice place for the lesson, or it may be more desirable to give this lesson at the school and to conduct a school garden as a model home garden.
METHOD OF WORK
Discuss the arrangement and care of the home or school grounds. Have the class tidy the lawn and garden chosen for the lesson, supervising the work carefully. Assign the tidying up of the home lawns or work in the home gardens for the coming week. Let this lesson serve as a means of interesting the pupils in home gardening, if that has not already been taken up, or of emphasizing the relation of gardening to the housekeeper's work, if they are already interested in the former.
REFERENCE BOOKS
| Bush Fruits. Card. Macmillan's, Toronto | $1.75 |
| When Mother Lets Us Garden. Duncan. Moffat, Yard & Co., New York | .75 |
| A Woman's Hardy Garden. Ely. Macmillan's, Toronto | 1.75 |
| The Beginner's Garden Book. French. Macmillan's, Toronto | 1.00 |
| Productive Vegetable Garden. Lloyd. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia | 1.50 |