The Holly chieftain., 1902-08-29
FARMING MATTERS.
Decorative Gardening.

growing rapidly In this country. says
the New York Tribune. Various socic-
Ties have been formed To further this
Interest, there Is strong tendency 10
It's dissemination In the public schools
philanthropc women are creating
love FOR gardening among the poor
children OF the larger cities, and the
municipal authorities are IN many ways
aiding In It's extension.
In the Rhode Island school reports
Tor laol long paper on the subjcc, of
school gardening was published. In
that paper attention is directed 10 the
fact that there are in Europe no less
than 10000 schools IN which at least
the rudImcntaty knowledge of the cult
walton OF the soil is requisite. That pa
per also refers 10 the Interest OF the
auCirnts In the same subject. stating
that our hcs, kmowlcdgc OF ancient gar
dcniug is obtained from tile wall deco
ratious Of the early Egyptians, the
rompciiaus and the Romans. III Is
stated that even In the time of Solo
mon, and in Babylon. 1900 Il, c., there
We're public botanical gardens, and that
for more than GOO years European mu-
inequalities have Wed with one another
IN creating and maintaining such
beauty spots
Botanical gardens. which In this
country have been long more generally
known as parks, have been maintained
in the larger cities OF the United States
at large outlay OF public money nj.
most from the birth of the republic.
Every city in even the poorest of the
West Indian islands has n botanical
garden, and Mexico ahounds In them
The recent efforts of agricultural col
legrs to establish experiment stations
and the encouragemrnt given such in
stitutions by the Department OF Agri-
culture, show how farrcaching the in
tcrcst In gardening has become In the
reports OF schools aud universities, such
titles as "A Bulb Garden "A Chill
drcn's Garden" "A Public School Gar
den" An Experimental Farm for
Young People" aud Hints on Rural
School Grounds receive an amount of
space whicA shows the importance gar
icning has assumed in connection with
popular education.
Every state capitol. every county
NNUSe. All tlit lNT
Insane. and even almshouses and pris-
ons arc surrounded by grounds made
beautiful by the foliage. the grass and
the flowers which Intelligent gardening
alone can produce. Nearly all OF our
city hospitals have beautiful grounds
about thcm and within the last few
years the Identifying of grounds about
railway stations and even factories has
become p|casingly frequent. There Is
not a watch factory in this country
which is not In garden. and even cot
ton mills In the suburbs OF some of
the New England cities are situated in
h.'au,lful parks
C"rnclrs bureau Of nature study re-
ported last year that no less than 1000
little home gardens We're established
during the summer in the state OF New
York, Some OF the state normal
schools in the United States have de
voted especial attention To practical
teaching o! arhonculture and ioricul-
tGre. In this regard the normal schools
ot California and Utah excel. Illinois
heads with 4 normal school agricultural
experiment, station At Cha upaicn. Kin
dcr-yartcn teachers all over the country
are more or less Interested in some sort
Of gardening, aud their pupils arc
spreading the Infection TO their homes
lu New York the number OF public
Fairgrounds, Vacation schools and va
cant kss farms lately c>ta MishsSt Is only
another manifestation Of the same ten
ssency. AlnSady philosophical women
are Interesting the children Of the
rS>orss sec;tons Of the city in gardening.
The president " thu Tribune Sunshine
Sc-eicjy last fail gave away 10 Eas,
Si3e little girls aNou; $40 serauians
slips in sassll pots, and told each re
cigscat she would give = book for every
plant returned 10 her "a eieaua She
Is row engaged in sa energetic and Sc
rseu> hunt fE suitable s->oSs. ovcc IA,
es the plants having aicssatiy lsS>a
NaS,etssh; 70 her in flower. snd she hao:
isac heard II 50 many os;sseF-s in The bad
As - make the keeping III ben word a
sssSt'er os considerable expense,