ARBOR DAY— PRACTICAL WORK
[BY TELEGRAPH — SPECIAL TO THE POST.] CIIRISTCHURCIi, This Day. On Arbor Day last year the committee and the teachers of the Ashburton School lard out and planted a portion of a reserve acquired for the purpose of a school garden. Recently, the committee was presented with a stock of fruit trees, and these have been planted in the portion allocated for fruit and vegetables. More than thirty plots have been laid out, and will soon be planted with flowers by the elder girl pupils of the school. The second master (Mr. S. Baird proposes to give instruction, to the elder boy pupils in agricultural science, and a number of experiments! ih vegetable and seed culture will be carried out. It is also proposed to secure a number of trees from the Education Board, and these, with a number of rose and fruit trees, will be planted by the scholars on Arbor Day. The committee expects that the gardens, which have been attractively laid out, will be selfsupporting.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 11, 13 July 1909, Page 2
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171ARBOR DAY—PRACTICAL WORK Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 11, 13 July 1909, Page 2
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