THE WORLD BEAUTIFUL. 



243 



Prizes for Gardens.* 

 — There, as in Hamil- 

 ton, it was a daily 

 newspaper, The Lead- 

 er, that conducted the 

 contest, inviting the 

 Home Gardening As- 

 sociation to award the 

 prizes. Sixty dollars 

 was offered for the best 

 amateur flower gar- 

 den, $30.00 for the 



seconc 



for the 



porch o 



and $10 



ond bes 



contest 



but a s 



was stai 



children by the offer 



of a series of prizes tor 



boys and girls not over 



fifteen years of age by 



Judge Dellenbaugh. 



He offered eighty 



prizes, and thousands of children went to work making gardens. The Home Gardening 



Association distributed, principally through the teachers of the public schools, thousands 



of packages of seeds, a prize being given for each variety. 



Results. — The effect was marvellous. Back yards that had been receptacles tor rubbish 

 became places of beauty, and front yards decorated with flowers needed no fences for 

 protection, so universal was the public appreciation of them. Even strangers were im- 

 pressed and went away saying " How many lovely homes there are in Cleveland." 



Now let us hope for similar results in all our Canadian towns and cities. 



Fig. 2328. Vistas in Home Grounds. 



♦Credit for the illustrations, Figs. 2326 to 232S, 2330 and 2331 is due to Home and Flowers, a Cleve- 

 land Journal. 



