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ber of visiting classes falling to zero during the week of October 
14. 
Fifth Annual Children’s Garden Exhibit—The Fifth Annual 
Children’s Garden Exhibit was held at the Garden, September 
13 and 14, the judges being Mr. Henry Hicks, Westbury, L. LI., 
Mr. Edward Mahoney, of the Fairview Children’s Gardens, 
Yonkers, and Mr. Montague Free, our head gardener. The 
prizes awarded, including a total of $120.00 (face value) 
Thrift Stamps and War Savings Stamps, besides trophies, silver 
cups, bronze and silver medals, and certificates of honorable men- 
tion, were presented at formal exercises held in the lecture hall 
on Saturday afternoon, September 28. : 
On the following Saturday morning, October 5, at ro o’clock, 
‘ occurred the third annual ice-cream party of the boys and girls 
of our children’s gardens, and at 11 o’clock occurred the first 
public exhibition at the Botanic Garden of motion pictures of 
plant life, referred to above. 
Graduation of Garden Teachers—On November 23 occurred 
the fifth annual exercises in connection with the conferring of 
Certificates in Children’s Gardening on those who have com- 
pleted our year’s course and the summer course forthe prepara- 
tion of teachers of children’s gardening. Eight certificates were 
conferred. The address was given by Prof. Maurice A. Bige- 
low, director of the School of Practical Arts, Columbia Univer- 
sity, on “Children’s Gardening in the Coming Education.” The 
certificates were conferred by the chairman of the Botanic Gar- 
den Governing Committee, Mr. White. 
Presentation of Medal—One of the best evidences of a lively 
sense of appreciation by the boys and girls of Brooklyn of the 
advantages they enjoy at the Botanic Garden was their pr esenta- 
tion, on November 23, 1918, of a gold medal to Mr. Alfre 
White, Chairman of the Botanic Garden Governing Committee 
of the Brooklyn Institute Trustees, in recognition of all that he 
has done to make these advantages possible. The medal was a 
replica of the silver and bronze medals awarded to the boys and 
girls for excellence in their exhibits at the annual garden exhibit. 
Children’s Room.—In my preceding report I called attention 
to the desirability of fitting up the children’s room for the boys 
