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Attention is called to the popular, illustrated articles for 
children by Miss Shaw, six of which have been published during 
the year in the Junior Home Magazine. 
Public Exhibtts—Special attention is called to the exhibit of 
our educational work sent, by request, to the spring meeting of 
the Michigan State Teachers’ Association, held at Grand Rapids, 
Michigan. 
Four exhibits were held locally, primarily for the general 
public, as follows: 
September 25-27. Twelfth Annual Garden Exhibit for Brooklyn 
Boys and Girls. The exhibit was open on the 25th only for 
teachers with classes from the public schools. The attendance 
was over 2,000. 
The annual children’s garden exhibits were part of a plan to 
encourage children’s gardening in school and home gardens 
throughout Brooklyn, produce from our own children’s garden 
not being exhibited.. Now that school and home gardening in 
Brooklyn (aided still further by our annual distribution of 
penny packets of seeds to children) seem to be thoroughly 
established, the need of the annual exhibit and distribution of 
prizes has largely passed, and it has been decided not to hold the 
exhibits after this year. 
October 13. Cut flowers and vegetables raised in our Children’s 
Garden. In connection with this exhibit, which was held in the 
Junior Eagle Club room, Eagle Building, an illustrated article 
on the Botanic Garden was published in the Junzor Eagle for 
November 8, and also an editorial in the Eagle. The appended 
report of the curator of elementary instruction records other 
exhibits installed for Brooklyn children at the Eagle Building. 
November 12. Harvest Exhibit of the various farm products of 
the United States, arranged according to different sections of 
the country. This exhibit was greatly enriched by material 
supplied by our departments of Plant Breeding and Plant 
Pathology. 
December 8. Exhibit of Christmas Greens and their Substitutes. 
The purpose of this exhibit was to call attention to substitutes 
which may be used for Holly, Laurel, and Ground Pine—all wild 
plants which are in danger of extermination—at least so far as 
commercial supply is concerned—on account of the enormous 
quantities of them used for Christmas decorations. 
