148 
“Golwigheriana” (= Zollingeri- rufescens (= hirsutuia) 
ana?) rufescens amabilis 
hirsutula SrA ae elegans 
hirsutula tripinnatifida ea ie tripinnatifida 
Longu uperba) splen 
Mayu super ee 
Mayii cristata tuberosa 
Mayit ornata tuberosa plumosa 
pPectinata washingtoniensts 
philadelphiensis Westont 
pluma Wittboldit 
recurvata Zollingeriana 
rivularis 
THIRD CHILDREN’S GARDEN EXHIBIT 
The third annual children’s garden exhibit was held at the 
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, September 29 and 30, 1916. For sev- 
eral reasons it was thought that the exhibit would be far inferior 
to that of last year ; the schools began late, the date of our exhibit 
was late, and the epidemic of infant paralysis that spread from 
Brooklyn, during June-September, was generally upsetting. 
Notwithstanding, the third exhibit was perhaps better than that 
of last year, though not as many schools competed. Those 
schools in sections where there are still cases of paralysis felt it 
was not wise nor safe to have things brought from home for any 
purpose. Other schools had only fifty per cent. of their children 
in attendance and some of these schools felt it to be almost futile 
to try to compete. 
On Wednesday afternoon Public School 43 sent five loads of 
window boxes and potted material, plants started and cared for 
by the children and sent to their homes during the summer. 
Much of this material was cared for under the poorest of condi- 
tions. This exhibit covered the entire space of one side of our 
room and was an extremely creditable entry. 
Public School 152 sent their usual well-arranged exhibit. It 
was not as large as last year, but showed the same interest and 
care. 
The Park gardens, under the direction of the Department of 
