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history of the different crops, hot-beds, fungi, etc. Each 

 dividual has one garden, ten by thirty-five feet, to be cared for 

 throughout the summer. 



While a great many plants grown at the school are not very 

 common, an effort is made to have all classes become perfectly 

 familiar with our common forms which can come into the daily 

 life of every pupil. 



" The annual exhibit is for the young gardeners what the closing day was to the pupils in the old 



district schools." 



The Civic Club of the city of Hartford has from the beginning 

 been much interested in the school and offers twenty-five dollars 

 in prizes, which are awarded in the autumn when the exhibit is 

 held. Prizes are offered for the best kept gardens in each of die 

 classes, the awards being made by judges who visit the gardens 

 frequently during the summer. There are also prizes for the 

 produce that is grown in the boy's garden, the variety, quality, and 

 arrangement at the exhibit being considered in awarding the 

 prizes. There is also a hoeing contest open to all boys, prizes 



