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may arrange also for a series of six lessons on plant culture to be 
given during the fall or spring to a class. These lessons will be 
worked out for the most part in the greenhouse. Such a course 
must be arranged for in advance, and the class must be accom- 
panied by its teacher. Adapted for pupils above the fourth grade. 
3. Home Gardening.—Assistance will be given to children in 
planning and planting home gardens. Enrollment cards for such 
assistance may be had on application to the Curator of Elementary 
Instruction. Prizes will be offered to both schools and indi- 
viduals, at the annual Children’s Garden Exhibit, for the best 
results in home gardening. This exhibit is open to all children 
in the city of Brooklyn, although their garden products may have 
been raised at their summer homes. Certifications must be made 
that the work has been done by the child himself. 
The exhibit for 1920 will be held on Friday and Saturday, Sep- 
tember 17 and 18. All exhibits, of schools as well as of individ- 
uals, must be brought to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden before 3 
o'clock, Thursday afternoon, September 16. The exhibit will be 
judged at 4 o’clock on that afternoon, and will be open for public 
schools all day Friday, when classes are invited to come with their 
teachers. The exhibit will be open to the general public on Friday 
and Saturday from 10 to 4. After 4 o’clock on Saturday after- 
noon the exhibitors may remove their exhibits. Prizes will be 
presented on Saturday afternoon, October 2, at 2:30 o'clock. 
Silver and bronze medals will be awarded as first and second 
prizes for individual exhibits. A trophy is the first prize for the 
school making the best exhibit as a whole. A bronze statue is 
another trophy given for the best school box display. Each trophy 
is to be competed for annually until one school wins it three times, 
when it will become the property of that school. A new prize will 
then be offered. 
4. Penny Packets of Seeds.—In order to assist the above work, 
penny packets of seeds are put up by the Botanic Garden, for 
children’s use. In the early spring, lists of these seeds, condi- 
tions for entry as an exhibitor, home gardening record cards, and 
other information may be had on application to the Curator of 
Elementary Instruction. 
