72 



Private and Parochial Sclmols 16 



Other Institutions 15 



Number of potted plants for nature study 2,259 



Number of Petri disiies filled with sterilized a.L;ar 1,599 



Total number of teachers supplied with material 2,888 



Total number of pujiils reached 159,441 



Living Plants Placed in School Rooms 



No. of scluH)ls 28 



No. of plants 334 



No. of teachers in\-olved 567 



No. of pupils reached 24,171 



Plants Distributed (Raised in Classes) 41,846 



No. of persons taking plants 1,643 



Total number of schools represented 142 



Seed Packets for Children 



No. of schools 513 



No. of teachers 7,765 



No. o f pupils 310,662 



No. of ])ackets 931,724 



Exhibits Provided 



No. of exhibits 4 



Viewed by 130,400 



FLO^\']::R Days 

 The followiiio- Fknvrr Days were lield in P)o(S : 



Tuesday, jtmc 7. lUcvcniJi .hunial h'osc Garden Day. 

 Speaker: Mr.s. Frederick Love Keays, atithor of "Old Roses." 

 Topic: Okl Fashioned (iarck^n Roses. 



Tuesday, Se])teiii])er 27. Ilcrh (nirdo! Pay. l^^inual exercises 

 to cek'1)rate tlie openiiii^- of the new 1 ferl) (iarden. Speal<ers and 

 to])ics: Mrs. llollis \\''el)ster, Lexinj^lon. Mass. Director, Lierh 

 Societ}' of .America. "" C'tilinary IleiFs." T'^rederick Schroeder. 

 Fh.Ck. ALD., IvA.CL., IJrookJyn. Long- Lsland CoUege ,,f Medi^ 

 cine. " d'he Importance of Medicinal Llerhs in Modei-n AL'ch- 

 cine." 



Because of the rather disastrous effects of the heavy rains in 

 late Se])tem])er, it was decided to omit the usual Fall Rose Garden 

 Day. 



