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work in arranging the exliibits is not easy and for his patience with 

 the children and with the garden directors who swarm the exhibi- 

 tion hall all wanting his attention at the same time. 



The exhibits from school gardens were excellent and an improve- 

 ment in both quality and arrangement over other years was noted. 

 The flowers from both school and home gardens were universally 

 good and some large collections were shown. Perhaps the two 

 classes of exhibits which attracted the most attention were the 

 canned vegetables and the exhibits of wild flowers, berries, leaves, 

 and grasses. One entry of canned vegetables by an individual 

 exhibitor contained 28 bottles with 27 varieties, both growing and 

 preserving the work of Miss Hermine Schulz of Roslindale. The 

 Huntington School District, Brockton, sent in 134 bottles from 16 

 exhibitors of which one collection contained 28 jars. The Brockton 

 High School Canning Club also presented a very creditable col- 

 lection of 70 bottles. It was interesting to note the general interest 

 taken in the collections of wild flowers of which we had 4 entries, 

 the largest containing 172 vases. 



The vegetables as before noted were better in every way than at 

 any previous exhibit. In some of the classes we had large numbers 

 of entries; of Beets there were 52 single entries, of String Beans 48, 

 of Carrots 32, of Tomatoes 34, and so on with a total number of 

 more than 250 single Entries among the various varieties of vegeta- 

 bles for which prizes were offered. 



Our appropriation was used up and many worthy exhibits could 

 not be given awards. We look upon the exhibition of 1916 as 

 most satisfactory proof of the value of this work with the children 

 and believe that the members of the Society should be proud of the 

 work we are doing. We ask for larger funds and encouragement 

 from the Society and hope the members will make an effort to 

 attend the exhibition in 1917 which bids fair to be even better than 

 that of 1916. 



A list of the important awards follows: 



For the best collection of vegetables from a school garden: 



First.— Waltham North Grammar School $6 00 



Second. — Belcher School Garden, East Milton 5 00 



Third.— Mrs. G. H. Blood School Garden, Groton 4 00 



Fourth. — Huntington School, Brockton 3 00 



