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Nine exliibitions of vegetables have been held during the year 

 and in addition to the prizes listed in the Schedule the following 

 special awards have been made : 



May 15. Hillcrest Gardens showed the udo (Aralia cordata). 

 Honorable Mention. 



June 5. Hillcrest Gardens received a Gratuity for the Uncle 

 Gideon Quick Lunch potato. 



June 19. Hillcrest Gardens was awarded a Cultural Certificate 

 for an attractive display. 



August 14. Faulkner Farm received Honorable Mention for the 

 new tomato No. 10, and Hillcrest Gardens a Vote of Thanks for 

 the Chinese egg plant. 



September 11. Albert C. Burrage was awarded Honorable 

 Mention for the new tomato, The Diener. 



November 6. M. S. Fickett of Chelsea was awarded a Vote of 

 Thanks for an interesting exhibit of pollenized sweet corn, showing 

 a mixture of Black Mexican with white, red, and yellow varieties. 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN'S 

 GARDENS. 



By James Wheeler, Chairman. 



The annual exliibition of the products of children's gardens was 

 held Saturday and Sunday, September 4 and 5, 1920. Both the 

 large and small halls were well filled and there was keen competi- 

 tion in every class. In single classes of beets, carrots, potatoes, 

 and beans there were frOm forty to eighty entries. 



In the lecture hall there was an interesting display by the Mary 

 Hemenway School of Roxbury, comprising plants, flowers, vege- 

 tables, canned products, and samples of the industrial work carried 

 on by this school under the superintendence of Miss L. Gertrude 

 Howes. This exhibit attracted much attention and was awarded 

 a Silver Medal. 



A special appropriation was made by the Trustees of the Society 



