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been raised at their summer homes, Certifications must be made 
that the work has been done by the child himself. 
The exhibit for 1919 will be held on Saturday and Sunday, Sep- 
tember 20 and 21. All exhibits, of schools as well as of indi- 
viduals, must be brought to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden on the 
nineteenth of September, between 9 a. m. and 5p.m. The exhibit 
will be judged on the morning of the twentieth, and will then be 
on exhibition for the public from ten to five o’clock of. the 
twentieth, and from ten in the morning until four in the after- 
noon of the twenty-first. The announcement of prizes will be 
made on the twentieth. After four o’clock on the twenty-first 
exhibitors may remove their exhibits. Prizes will be distributed 
on Saturday afternoon, October 11, at three 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 for the best school roof garden. 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 
wil 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. 
5. Conferences.—Con ferences may be arranged by teachers and 
principals for the discussion of problems in connection with gar- 
dening and nature-study. Monday and Saturday afternoons are 
usually available for this purpose. Appointments must be made 
in advance. Address Miss Ellen Eddy Shaw. 
6. Study and Loan Material—On request, the Garden will en- 
deavor to provide living seedlings or plant parts for study, to the 
extent of our facilities. Teachers may arrange to have various 
physiological experiments or demonstrations conducted at the 
Garden. Petri dishes, which must be cleaned and delivered to 
the Garden, will, on request, be filled with nutrient agar, read 
for exposure in the study of bacteria and molds. In all cases 
