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infra) to the fact that, during the year, 56 schools were repre- 
sented in our children’s garden work, distributed as follows: 
High Schools, 6. Private Schools, 4. 
Public Elementary Schools, 35. | Parochial Schools, 11. 
In addition to the above figures, classes accompanied by their 
teachers visited the Garden during school hours from 50 schools, 
for lectures and demonstrations in the conservatories and plan- 
tations, and 44 schools were represented by pupils in our green- 
house and indoor nature study classes on Saturdays and outside 
of school hours on other days 
Provision for Scholarship and Prize r, 1914, 
the Garden inaugurated its first annual Children’s Garden Ex- 
hibit. The cost of the trophies, cups, medals, and other prizes 
awarded at these exhibits has been met from income derived 
from tuition and sales. This source of revenue has been uncer- 
tain, and, in consideration of other demands made upon it, inade- 
quate. It is therefore a pleasure to announce that the chairman 
of the Botanic Garden Governing Committee, Mr. Alfre 
White, has made provision for these prizes for 1918 and annually 
thereafter (see Appendix 2), and also for a scholarship of the 
value of $100, to be awarded to the boy or girl who has taken 
class work at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden for not less than 
three years, and who has shown marked ability along botanical 
and agricultural lines, both at the Garden and in his high school 
courses, as attested by his principal and teachers. This will be 
known as the Alfred T. White Scholarship, and will be awarded 
for the first time in 1920. 
Special mention should be made of the prizes for excellence in 
back yard gardens, in the form of War Savings Stamps to the 
face value of $45.00, and of prizes for making the best use of a 
plot in the children’s gardens at the Botanic Garden, also in War 
Savings Stamps of the face value of $25.00. 
In addition to the above, twenty prizes of ten Thrift Stamps 
each (ten to boys and ten to girls) were awarded to those who 
were most generally helpful in connection with the children’s 
garden at the Botanic Garden. Promptness, regularity of at- 
tendance, effort, accomp HS ama and other points formed the 
basis of this award. 



