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A Study of the Weather in the Month of August 
8. A Study of the Seeds of Our Common Garden Flowers 
9. A Study of the Fruits of Our Common Garden Flowers 
10. Some Interesting Myths and Legends about the Vegetables We 
Grow in Our Garden 
11. A Study of the Beach Vegetation on Long Island 
12. Making of Charts for Use in Teaching the Variation of Leaf 
l‘orms 
13. The Perennial Border, Noting the Succession of Bloom from 
June to September 
I4. The Water Plants Found in Our Brook 
The Sutton Garden, started the year before with seeds bought 
from the Sutton Company, England, was continued this year. 
colored plan was made of it which is to be sent to Sutton’s, 
One of the most successful summers in the outdoor garden was 
this summer of 1932. Attendance was good. Some of our older 
boys were used in small positions in the garden, and conducted 
themselves creditably. Rosemary Kennelly, under. the direction 
of the head of the children’s garden, remade the children’s garden 
model; William Schwind made a plan of the north section of the 
children’s formal garden, including the shrubs ; John Spollen made 
two plans of the Shakespeare Garden during his allotted time, a 
finished plan of the garden as it stood this season, and one with 
only the permanent plants in it to aid us in planning future plant- 
ings in the Shakespeare garden. 
In addition to the regular young people in our garden, : ao 
of twenty girls called The Young Defenders’ League, of P. S. 80, 
Brooklyn, took one of the larger gardens. They met on Wednes- 
day afternoons before school closed and carried on their work 
throughout the summer. This was a successful piece of work. 
Quoting from the Head Garden Teacher’s Report, I may adc 
“Parents’ Day was held on Wednesday, July 20. The garden was 
open from nine until eleven o'clock for parents to observe their 
children at work on their gardens. \ group of children acted as 
a 
guides around the garden and presented mothers with bouquets and 
fathers with boutonnieres. 
“One of the new requirements for the cups was attendance at 
eight out of nine ‘ Executive Sessions ’ held every Thursday morn- 
ing. The schedule for these was as follows: 
