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were given in the flower garden during the summer. These 

 parties were organized by the children; the final one given on 

 October ii, in honor of Mrs. Glentworth R. Butler. At this 

 time the children presented Mrs. Butler with one of their own 

 Club pins. Right here it seems a suitable place to acknowledge 

 the many kindnesses of Mrs. Butler and the interest she has 

 shown in the children's work. Through her instrumentality a 

 number of gifts have come to us. The last of these was in the 

 form of money to be used for furniture for the children's garden 

 house. This gift was presented by Mrs. James H. Post through 

 Mrs. Butler. 



Seed Work 



The distribution of packets of seed to children for planting in 

 school and home gardens this past year has been a great success. 

 Over 200,000 packets were sold. More equipment has been 

 added to the seed-room, and the work of systematizing this 

 department, initiated by Mrs. Leroy Young (n6e Edna Burtis), 

 has been carried on by Miss Maude L. Hickok to a greater 

 efificiency. 



Children's Annual Garden Exhibit 



The children's Garden Exhibit was held in September as usual. 

 The judges were Mr. Van F3vrie Kilpatrick, Director of Nature- 

 Garden Work for New York City, Mr. James J. Reynolds, 

 District Superintendent, and Mr. Gordon Utter, an old student 

 of the Botanic Garden. In October the prizes were given out 

 by the Director of the Garden, while the special prizes were 

 presented by the donors. These prizes this year were as follows: 

 a cup for the boy doing the best garden work presented b}^ the 

 President of the Garden Teachers' Association ; a cup for the 

 girl doing the best work presented by Mrs. Glentworth R. 

 Butler; two books presented by Mrs. Eva L. Carson for the 

 Flatbush Garden League to the boy and girl — first year students 

 — who had made the most progress in garden work, and three 

 gold honor pins presented by the Curator of Elementary In- 

 struction. 



Special Features 



On April i6, the Junior League met at the Garden through an 

 invitation extended by Mrs. Butler and real interest was shown 



