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Children's Gardens 



A plot of about three quarters of an acre in the southeast part 

 of the Botanic Garden has been set aside for the theoretical and 

 practical instruction of children in gardening-. The larger part of 

 this area is laid out in garden plots which will accommodate about 

 150 children. In 1925 there was added to the southern part of 

 this plot a Shakespeare Garden, the gift of Mr. Henry S. Folger. 



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TJic Italian Young Folks League held a meeting at the Garden 

 on Sunday afternoon, June 21. After a talk on the aims and 

 work of the Garden by the Director, the members of the League 

 inspected the buildings and grounds. 



Japanese Garden Party. — On Saturday afternoon, July 18, the 

 League of Neighbors and the Union of East and West held a 

 Japanese garden party at the Botanic Garden. The guests con- 

 vened in the auditorium at 3 : 30 o'clock, where addresses were 

 given by Riusaku Tsunoda, secretary of the Japanese Association, 

 on " Japanese love of nature," by Dr. Gagcr, director of the Bot- 

 anic Garden, on " The Meaning of a Japanese garden," and by 

 several speakers not announced on the program. Mrs. Alfred 

 Bolton was chairman of the meeting. Japanese adults and chil- 

 dren were present in native costume. At the close of the program 

 those attending, to the number of about 400, inspected the Japanese 

 Garden. 



Visitors to the Garden from out of town during 1925, not pre- 

 viously noted, include Mr. Hugh Falconer, Department of Parks, 

 Pittsburgh, Pa. (April 27), Miss Bertha Lutz, Museu Nacional, 

 Rio Janeiro, Brazil (June 15), Prof. Bungo Miyazawa, professor 

 of plant breeding. College of Agriculture, Miyazaki, Japan (July 

 3), Prof. Guy Bisby, professor of plant pathology, Manitoba Agr. 

 Col., Winnipeg (July 15), Mr. John Gray, University of Florida, 

 Gainesville (July 18), Mr. Norman MacDowell, Secretary of 

 Dartmouth College (Aug. i). Prof. W. Brown, Imperial College 



