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was composed of boys from a State reformatory ; and a good band 
it was, too. 
Another exhibit of merit was that by the Lyndon Home Garden 
Class. In 1908 one of the ladies of Lyndon felt that something 
ought to be done for the boys and girls, to interest them vitally 
in their own home gardens. So out of her own time and money 
she organized a Home Garden Class. The work centered around 
the garden. Two little children in this class, distant from schools, 
living on a mountain, exhibited beet sugar extracted from their 
own sugar beets. Among the vegetables exhibited were some 
models of hot beds for children’s use, designed by one of the boys. 
This exposition stood for the work of eleven rural schools and 280 
pupils. 
Boys and girls were everywhere explaining, guiding, and ap- 
parently managing the Exposition. Back of the children were 
the State University, at Burlington, the Y. M. C. A., and local 
committees of adults. Many states are working thus with their 
rural communities, but in no other state has the work been so well 
organized in regard to the boys and girls themselves. 
ach day two hours were set aside for speaking and demon- 
strations in cookery. The afternoon program of the last day was 
as follows: 
2 p.m. Address, “Industrial Education in the United States.” 
. L. McBrien, Bureau of Education, Washington 
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Address, “ Incidents from my [Experiences with Boys 
and Girls.” Miss Ellen ated Shaw, Brooklyn Bot- 
anic Garden: Brooklyn, N. 
4 p.m. Demonstrations in Cooking. 
Ellen Eddy Shaw. 
THE AFRICAN BOW-STRING HEMP 
During the last week in June and the first week of July an in- 
teresting fiber plant (Sansevieria guineensis) was blooming in the 
economic house of the conservatory range. The flowering of 
this tropical African plant under cultivation is sufficiently rare to 
