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a special Leaflet was issued, June 3, explaining carefully the 
classes and sub-classes of the Children’s Garden Exhibit, Sep- 
tember 24-20. 
It was hoped in this way to gather up the work which has 
been carried on for a long time, but which has never been centered 
as aunit. To raise a plant from seed seems as important educa- 

Fic. 12. Medal, awarded at Children’s Garden Exhibit, 1914, for excel- 
lence of individual exhibits. First prize in silver; second prize in bronze. 
tionally, as to run a foot race. In such an open city as Brooklyn, 
it is easy to teach the children the possibilities in their own back 
yards, and the resources of the parks, and to create thus a feeling 
of civic pride in the general appearance of their city. So this 
garden exhibit has been planned, not merely to encourage chil- 
