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sent them in five autos; P. S. 129 came, one hundred strong, on 
the trolley, bringing their pots and boxes (fig. 2) ; P. S. 66 and P. 
S. 98 came by team over the road; P. S. 43 had an auto truck; 
and Canarsie represented neighborhood cooperation, for mothers, 
brothers, and big sisters brought their exhibit. At this exhibition 
the boys and girls who had garden plots at the Botanic Garden 
received prizes, but these children cannot enter their products in 
the exhibit. Their competition is among themselves. 
Fic. 6. Children’s gardens, 1915. Temporary location on site of Labora- 
tory Building. 
At this time the Garden Teacher’s Association of the Brooklyn 
Botanic Garden, an organization formed by the first class to 
receive certificates in the course for teachers of school garden- 
ing, gave a prize, a bronze vase, to the boy or girl who had spent 
more than one season in the outdoor classes at the Brooklyn 
Botanic Garden, and who not only had done the best work, but 
had shown worthiness in other ways. This was won by Anna 
Pellicio of P. 5.9. The prizes were awarded October oth, and a 
short address was given by Mr. John Lewis Childs, of Floral 
Park, chairman of the committee on awards. 
