55 



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During the 



war years we were as- 



in the following manner. 

 signed a larger area of space than belongs legitimately to the 

 children's garden. We are now using the space allotted to us as 

 the permanent children's garden area. 



During the 



war years 

 . we used the piece of land east of the children's house for war 



gardens. 



This land Is now used for the formal flower garden 



and shrubbery, laid out and planted with a view to furnishing 



1 ' a 



illustrative material in connection with class work with both 



r ' 



children and adults. ' 



During the year 1919, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in its edu- 

 catiohal work came in touch wdth 112, or 62 per cent, of all ele- 

 mentary schools of the Borough of Brooklyn and 17, or 100 per 

 cent, of the high schools. This does not include private or paro- 

 chial schools which call largely upon us. The figures for this 

 work during 1920 are shown in the preceding table: 



We have two sizes of garden plots in our children's garden. 

 One is 8 ft. by 10 ft. and the other 10 ft. by 17 jA ft. The firs.t 



TABLE III 



Children's Garden Crop Report for the Season of 1920 



Crop 



Beans 



Beet 



Beet tops 



Carrot 



Celery 



Chard 



Corn 



Eggplant 



Kohlrabi , 



Lettuce 



Onion 



Parsley 



Peas 



Peppers 



Radish 



Spinach 



Tomato 



Total 



Atn<Hint 



Market Ccist 



Value 



1,994 quarts 



12 c. per qt. 



3239.28 



13-005 i 



3 c. apiece 



390.15 



69 quarts 



15 c. per qt. 



10.35 



1 



3 c. apiece 



■ 342^33 



346 plants 



12 c. a plant i 



41-52 



1,811 quarts 



20 c. per qt. 



362.20 



178 ears . 



5 c. apiece 



8.90 



15 ., ^ 



15 c. apiece 



3-25 



2,878 



3 c. apiece 



86.34 



4.537 heads 



12 c. a head 



544-44 



4,144 .. 



2 c. apiece 



82.88 



2,144 bunches 



8 c. a bunch 



171.52 



2 quarts 



20 c. per qt. 



. .40 



94S 



4 c. apiece 



37.92 



31.205 



2 for I c. 



156.02 



3,084 quarts 



15 c. per q-t. 



462.60 



6,883 



5 c. apiece 



344-15 



32.384.25 



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plot brings a rental from the child of 25 cents; the second, 50 

 cents. ^The average value of the crop taken from each plot of the 



