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"Lot tJio Ilorticulfural Soci(>ty dovoto some of the i)r('miiinis 

 whicli it almost iiivarial)ly giv(\s for Baldwin ap])lr,s ajid otjicr 

 things to the garden for the childr(>ji. 



"There is one question I would ask Miss Heiny, and tjiat 

 is whether the garden would be taken care of by the children 

 dui'ino- tli(> vacation season?" 



MISS HENRY. 



The garden has been taken care of during the vacation l)y 

 volunteers. 



CHARLES E. PARKER of Holdex. 



"When you come to school gardens in the school lot, I have 

 yet to see one that is any good for the growtli of flowers or 

 anything else. But if there were lots in a convenient place, 

 suitable for the growth of the plants, it would be all right. 

 But when you grow flowers on asphalt paving or bricks, or 

 behind brick walls four or five stories high, nothing creditable 

 can be done. If the Parks Commission can give the proper 

 land, I am in favor of the gardens." 



President 0. B. HADWEN. 



"I was born in tJie city, and it was there that I got my first 

 love of flowers and gardening. I had the pleasure when a 

 boy of attending a school where there was a school garden. 

 It wasn't a reformatory school, either. It was at the Friends' 

 School in Providence, and there an acre or more was given 

 the Ijoys to cultivate. They plowed it, harrowed it and put 

 it in order, and then it was divided into lots, and each boy 

 got his portion to seed, plant and take care of. I believe 

 that flowers have a certain dignity of their own, whicli would 

 prevent molestation. When we planted water-lilies in Univer- 

 sity Park and they came out in various colors, such as boys 

 liad never seen in water-lilies before, the boys got wire hoops 



