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torleSj began on August 8, and was completed on October 7. 

 This carries the cellar to the street curb, and increases its capac- 

 ity from 227 to 334 tons. 



Azvard of Certificates.— On Wednesday afternoon, July 13, 

 certificates in Children's Gardening: were conferred on four stu- 

 dents who had completed the course, as follows : Miss Daisy D. 

 Colburn, Plainfield, N. J. ; Miss Margarethe Potter, Ossining, 

 N. Y. ; Miss Etta Simpson, Yonkers, N. Y. ; Miss Ethel Wood- 

 ward, Chester, Pa. On behalf of the class, Miss Colburn pre- 

 sented the Garden with a terra cotta gnome, in color, for the 

 children's room in the laboratory building. A social time fol- 

 lowed the formal exercises. 



At a meeting of the National Council of Garden Teachers, 

 Feb. 28, 1921, Miss Ellen Eddy Shaw, curator of elementary in- 

 struction, was made second vice-president. 



Boys and Girls Chth. — At the meeting of the Boys and Girls 

 Club, April 30, reports were made on special problems for silver 



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pins. The topics w^ere, seed testing, kinds of seed, cabbage and 

 kohl-rabi, fantastic plants, tea, cocoa, cork, tomato, orange, ancT 

 lemon. The reports, illustrated by notebooks and specimens 

 prepared by the boys, gave the results of "investigations" made 

 by the boys in the children's greenhouse and the laboratory and 

 library of the botanic garden. This is course A5 in the Prospec- 

 tus, open to boys over twelve years of age wdio have had previous 

 courses at the Botanic Garden. The silver pins were presented 

 by Dr. Gager. 



The annual ice crean:i party of the Boys and Girls Club, and 

 the award of certificates and silver pins were held in the Lee- 

 ture room on September 17, at 10:30 A.M. Certificates for a 

 course in the identification of trees were presented by Mr. Stoll 

 to eleven boys. Douglas Amann, a member of the Club, enter- 

 tained those present with a very interesting and creditable sleight- 

 o-f-hand performance, after which silver pins, in recognition of 



