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Presentation of Priges—On Saturday morning, September 25, 
the Boys’ and Girls’ Club met in the Auditorium of the Labora- 
tory building, Lillian Baker, vice-president, presiding. The pro- 
gram was as follows: 
Presentation of aeroplanes by William Gerrish, the maker and 
a member of the Club, to three boys in the 1920 outdoor garden, 
for neatness and excellence in garden work in our own children’s 
garden. Presentation of War Stamps to the value of $25 for 
excellence of notebooks on outdoor gardening to two girls and 
one boy in the 1920 garden; and presentation of Thrift Stamps 
to the value of $50 to ten girls and ten boys for helpfulness in 
our Children’s garden. These presentations were made on be- 
half of the Botanic Garden by Mr. Alfred T. White, Chairman 
of the Governing Committee, who has made it possible for the 
Garden to offer these and other prizes during the past three or 
four years. 
A book was presented by the Flatbush Garden League through 
Miss Hollis, the Secretary, to Edna Whitmarsh for marked im- 
provement in garden work, and a silver medal to Miss Hammond, 
of the 1920 garden teachers class, by Dr. Gager. This medal is 
presented annually to one member of the garden teachers class 
for unusual work at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The gradu- 
ate’s cup “for faithfulness and long service,” was presented by 
Miss Sweeton to Gus Magnusson, of the 1920 garden. The 
Alfred T. White scholarship of $100 was presented, for the first 
time, by Mr. White to Harold Uhrbrock for exceptional ability in 
garden work. The conditions of this scholarship are as follows. 
Three years work at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden; satisfactory 
record in high school; expectation of entering some line of botan- 
ical work in the future. This is the first year of its presentation. 
On Saturday afternoon, October 2, prizes and medals were 
presented to the winners of the children’s garden contest for 
1920, and also to the boys and girls of the Brooklyn Botanic 
Garden who had done excellent work in the outdoor garden. 
The first prize in Class A, School Display, a trophy, was won 
by P. S. 89. A silver cup, first prize in Class B, Community 
Garden Display, was won by McCarren Park Garden, while the 
