CHILDREN'S GARDENS 



organizations and institutions in different parts 

 of the country. This means that the seeds went 

 to 25,000 Cleveland homes at least. The money 

 received from the seed sales paid the expenses of 

 the association, including the money paid for 

 flower-show prizes, for lectures, for the Rockwell 

 School yard, for the exhibition garden, for the 

 Goodrich House window-boxes, and for the ex- 

 cess in cost of bulbs ordered from Holland. The 

 method of seed distribution adopted last year 

 proved so satisfactory that no change was deemed 

 necessary this season. The envelopes, on each of 

 which one order could be made (by marking the 

 number of packages desired opposite the varie- 

 ties), to which the name and address of the 

 person giving the order could be subscribed, were 

 again used. 



. " * The work of the Home Gardening Association of Cleve- 

 land was called to the attention of the members of the executive 

 body of the Alliance, which consists of delegates from the various 

 lodges or societies of the different nationalities. The beneficial 

 results of this work, both material and moral, appealed to all, 

 and it was decided to begin our part in the crusade for a 

 more beautiful and healthful Cleveland, and to arouse in our 

 people a greater civic pride. And so we incorporated as a per- 

 manent feature the home-gardening movement in our working 

 program. 



" ' The work of the Slavic Alliance is from the nature of 

 things supplementary to that of the Home Gardening Asso- 

 ciation. As large numbers of the Slavic children attend the 

 public schools, they are therefore reached directly by your 

 association. However, the Alliance seeks to arouse a general 

 interest in home gardening everywhere, among old and young 



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