Children's Room 



A gift of $1,500 in 1921 from Mrs. Helen Sherman Pratt, 



supplemented in K)J^ h\ a further gift of $500 from Mr. George 

 D. Pratt, has made it possible to provide a beautifully decorated 

 room for the use of the Boys' and Girls' Club. Any boy or girl 

 who is enrolled, or has been enrolled, in any of the children's 

 classes at the Garden is eligible for membership m ibis club, which 

 now numbers about 1.000 active members. The room contains 

 shelves for a nature-study library, of which a nucleus lias already 

 been secured, and is equipped with stereoscopic views, photographs, 

 and preserved and living .specimens of plant life, for the instruction 

 mid entertainment of boys and girls. The room is open free to all 

 children. Contributions of specimens and of books on nature 

 study and closely related subjects will be most welcome. 



Children's Garden Building 



This is located in the northern part of the Children's Garden 

 plot and contains a conference room, and rooms for the storage of 

 garden fools and implements. The furniture 111 the conference 

 room was a gift from Mrs. James H. Post. Various collections 

 of plants, seeds, and insects of economic importance m the garden 

 are accessible here for consultation by the children. A garden 

 library, a gift of friends, has been added. North of the Chil- 

 dren's Building is a plot planted to ornamental shrubs and her- 

 baceous perennials for the instruction of the children. 



Children's Garden 



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

 of the Botanic Garden is devoted to the theoretical and practical 

 " children in gardening. The larger part of this area 



garden plots which will accommodate about 150 



The Pose Garden, occupying about one acre m the northwest 

 art of the l.otanic Garden, was formally opened to the public 

 n Sunday afternoon. June 24, 1928. This garden was made 



