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 Snapdragon and novelties. 



HERMAN WEISS, Wholesale Florist 



55 West 26th Street, New York City 



THE CLEVELAND SCHOOL 

 GARDEN MOVEMENT 



The interest shown in sclioo] gar- 

 dening by the National Association of 

 Oardeners following an invitation of 

 the School Garden Department of the 

 Hoard of Education of Cleveland, 

 which was extended to the association 

 at its convention in that city last 

 August, to co-operate witli it in the de- 

 velopment of Its school garden move- 

 ment, and the practical suggestions 

 given by the association's committee 

 on the subject has resulted in the ap- 

 pointment of G. H. Pring. Horticul- 

 turist of the Missouri Botanical Gar- 

 dens of St. Louis, as instructor of the 

 Cleveland summer school. 



The National Association of Garden- 

 ers at its convention appointed a com- 

 mittee composed of Mr. Pring, Arthur 

 Smith of New Jersey, and M. C. Ebel 

 of New York, which after svir^-eying 

 the Cleveland school garden work, 

 made recommendations that were ap- 

 proved by the Science Department of 

 the School Board of Education. An 

 appropriation of $23,000 was made by 

 the city for promoting the school gar- 

 den work during 1920. Thirty school 

 garden teachers are attendinp Mr. 

 Pring's class as part of their regular 

 program. The remainder of their time 

 is spent in visiting children's home 

 gardens, and supervising the young- 

 sters" work on a dozen large tracts. 

 There are 8.848 children under the 

 direction of 0. M. Eastman, garden 

 supervisor. 



Last year the school gardens num- 

 bered 7,840 having home plots, and 

 415 on large tracts. Reports made at 

 the end of the season showed that they 

 had cultivated 175 acres and produced 



crops valued at f79,835. Mr. Eastman 

 is confident that this season will re- 

 sult even more successfully, one rea- 

 son being the added efficiency of the 

 workers who attend the class in horti- 

 culture. The course continues for six 

 weeks and includes lectures on ele- 

 mentary gardening and practice work 

 in the school gardens. 



Up to 1918, not more than $500 a 

 year had been expended by the Cleve- 

 land schools for promoting school gar- 

 den work. 



National Association of Gardeners, 

 286 Fifth Avenue. 

 New York, N. Y. 



MIGNON DAHLIAS 



Among the new flowers offered for 

 our gardens last winter, which have 

 kept true to the promise of the cata- 

 logues, are the miniature or Mignon 

 Dahlias. Their stilt little blooms, 

 conventional in their evenly formed 

 rays and yellow disks, tempt us to 

 place one flower with a few buds in 

 a dark colored small necked vase and 

 there enjoy its bright little face. They 

 will keep well in the house if their 

 stems are slit so that they can get 

 all the water they need. 



We do not expect our big dahlias to 

 blossom till August or September, 

 hut these we set out the first of June 

 just as they were beginning to blos- 

 som and hope they will keep in bloom 

 till the larger ones come. We also 

 want them to increase their tubers so 

 that we can edge a long bed with 

 them next summer. 



As yet we have not had all the 

 colors promised us by the catalogues, 

 but some have been a beautiful rich, 

 deep red. others white and yellow. 



'lilt' piirent of one huisI have bloomwl 

 near a cactus dahlia last summer. 

 Iiut it is out of line. Much as I enjoy 

 the long feathery petals of the cactus 

 dahlias I prefer these should keep 

 their trim little form. They grow 

 .ibout eighteen inches high and are 

 MOW well covered with buds. 



M. R. Case. 

 Hillcrest Gardens, July 2. 1920. 



Mr. Rozell J. Bowen of J. Bolgiano 

 & Son. Seed and Grain Merchants of 

 n;iltimore. Md. and Mr. C. Alfred 

 Bolgiano. eldest son of Mr. Chas. J. 

 Rolgiano are traveling in Europe, in- 

 specting growing crops in England. 

 France. Germany, Holland and Bel- 

 gium. This stay will cover a period 

 of several months. 



DWIGHT J. CASTLE TO RETIRE AS 

 FLORIST 



Dwight J. Castle. South Main street 

 florist, is soon to retire. His green- 

 lunises will be sold or torn down. Mr. 

 Castle has been in the business for 

 21 years and during that period has 

 built up an enviable reputation for fair 

 dealing and good service. His many 

 patrons will deeply regret to learn of 

 his intention to retire — Torrington,- 

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