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the newspaper offices, and at the museum. About 300,000 pack- 
ages have been sold to date. 
“Later in the season we will have a flower show at the museum, 
at which time judges will award the various prizes. 
In connection with its “city beautiful” campaign, the museum 
has issued a four page illustrated leaflet on “ The making and care 
of home gardens, containing full directions for preparing the seed 
and planting in back yards, along sheds, fences, and porches, along 
paths, and in window boxes.” 
he People’s Saving Association, of Toledo, being primarily 
interested in encouraging thrift and home owning, has donated 
the sum of $900, to be distributed as cash prizes for the most 
creditable results under the following nine heads: vacant lot 
gardens, home flower gardens, home vegetable gardens, home 
flower and vegetable gardens, home gardens of ward and parochial 
school children, individual varieties of flowers, individual varieties 
of vegetables, best collection of five bunches of flowers of any 
variety whatever, and the best collection of five varieties of vege- 
tables of any varieties whatever. The prizes are of three grades, 
first, second, and third, and range in value from $25 for the first 
prize under each of the first four classes, to $1 for the third prize 
under the sixth and seventh classes. 
In connection with this work the People’s Saving Association 
has issued an attractive Garden Book, illustrated in color, and 
giving information about the vacant lot and home garden 
movement. 
his admirable campaign in the Toledo museum is only one 
of the illustrations, happily becoming increasingly common in 
this country, that museums and botanic gardens, especially when 
supported in whole or in part at public expense, are justified only 
by the service which they render, not merely to professional and 
amateur artists and scientists, but to the entire community. It 
.1s in recognition of this fact that the Brooklyn Botanic Garden 
has adopted the phrase, ‘ For the advancement of botany and the 
service of the city,’ as best expressing the nature and range of 
its activities and interests. 
Lebanon, Pa., furnishes an example of what may be done in 
smaller cities. The population of Lebanon is only about 20,000. 
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