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the borough, and we are indebted to Commissioner Ingersoll for 
the loan of the Park Department automobile, which greatly facili- 
tated the work. 
On the Botanic Garden grounds, besides our regular children’s 
gardens of 264 plots, each 6 ft. & 8 ft., there have been cul- 
tivated by older boys and girls and by adults, including the 
teachers’ training class, 10 plots 8 ft. 10 ft.; 60 plots 10 ft. & 
20 ft., and 17 plots 20 ft. X 4o ft. or larger. - 
In addition to the above a model small vegetable garden, 20 
ft. X 40 ft., was planted in April and has been maintained during 
the season. The planting was made a public demonstration, and 
was attended by a large number of adults. A motion picture of 
the occasion was also taken by the Hearst-Pathé news service. 
For the advantage of boys of high-school age who wished to 
fit themselves to be of service on the farm a special course in 
gardening was organized in May, under the direction of Mr. 
Stoll, of the Garden staff. Twenty-two plots were assigned, each 
20 ft. & 4o ft., on the area immediately in front of the laboratory 
building, designed ultimately to be laid out as a formal plaza. 
Every employee of the Garden was offered a plot 20 X 4o ft., 
to be planted and cared for outside of Garden hours, and about 
ten of the men took advantage of this offer. . 
The policemen whose post includes the Botanic Garden signified 
their desire to cultivate a plot of ground, and a considerable 
area was assigned them on the north addition, between the 
museum building and Mt. Prospect reservoir. 
Finally the land on the east side of the brook, on the south 
addition, which it was planned to put into lawn last spring and 
incorporate in the general systematic section, was planted to 
potatoes. This crop, like others, suffered greatly from the pro- 
tracted drought of late July and August. 
In addition to the above. gardening operations the Botanic 
Garden served as the distributing agent of seed potatoes for 
Brooklyn for Mayor Mitchel’s Food Committee, of which Mr. 
George W. Perkins was chairman. The potatoes were secured 
through Mr. M. Maurice Eckstein, supervisor of purchases for 
the United Fruit Co. About 148 bushels were thus distributed, 
at a cost of $2.84 a bushel. The current market price averaged 
about $4.00. 
