158 THE SCHOOL GARDEN BOOK 



When the city horticultural society gave its September 

 exhibition, Albert's display took first prize for flowers from 

 a child's garden, just as Herman's ranked the highest for 

 vegetables. Albert's flowers were carefully selected, and 



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reached the hall fresh and perfect. Each sort was in its 

 separate bottle, and marked by labels prepared neatly in 

 advance. Many visitors could hardly believe that a boy had 

 grown so varied a collection of flowers in his first year of 

 garden work. Many another boy resolved to have a garden 

 the following year. 



