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ment was made with flowers for each class. The following was the selec- 

 tion, and only four seeds were given to each pupil : — 



Jr. ist — Dwarf Nasturtium. Jr. 3rd — Mimosa. 



Sr. 1 st- — Balsam. , Sr. 3rd — Ageratum. 



Jr. 2nd — Calliopsis. Jr. 4th — Ten Weeks' Stock. 



Sr. 2nd — Centaurea. Sr. 4th — Verbena. 



Teachers — Chrysanthemum carinatum and Asters. 



In 1905, vegetables and one tree were added to the list, and the 

 selection was as follows : — 



Junior ist grade — Nasturtium and Parsley. 



Senior ist grade — Pansy and Sweet Corn. 



Junior 2nd grade — Centaurea and Sugar Beet. 



Senior 2nd grade— Phlox and Celery. 



Junior 3rd grade — Canadian Peanuts and Verbena. 



Senior 3rd grade — Asters and Catalpa. 



Junior 4th and Senior 4th — Cosmos and Broom Corn, Asters. 



The exhibit took place in a central place on September 21st and 

 22nd, and naturally aroused a great deal of interest. This year it is 

 expected to have a garden at each school. It will be a natural outcome 

 of the individual home gardening. 



THE CLEVELAND ASSOCIATION. 



The work of The Home Gardening Association, Cleveland, Ohio, 

 has attracted wide attention and is suggestive. It is similar in its oper- 

 ations to some of our Horticultural Societies, but has grown greatly 

 beyond its local bounds. Its work commenced in the schools of Cleve- 

 land, and produced marked improvement in the home conditions through- 

 out the city, especially amongst the foreign element. In 1905 over 

 238,000 packets were distributed in the city alone through the schools, 

 while forty-seven outside organizations were supplied with 150,000. 



Its organization for distribution of seeds is suggestive, too. In the 

 first place, the seeds must be bought ; no pauperization can be allowed 

 nor can any seeds go where they will be unappreciated. The Association 

 provides the schools with large "order envelopes" for $1.75 per 1,000; 

 these are distributed to the children who desire to order and returned 

 next day with money and order. Then at the central offices the orders 

 are placed in the envelopes and returned to the schools. This is done 

 before March ist. Direction cards are sold to the schools for $1.35 per 

 1,000 and distributed with the handing out of the seeds. The seeds are 

 sold at $9.25 per 1,000 packets, so that the one cent per packet paid 

 by the children covers the entire cost. Organizations or schools outside 

 receive the packets in wholesale lots and fill the order envelopes for them- 

 selves. 



