240 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTUKAL SOCIETY. 



abend of anything the Committee had contemplated, only a mod- 

 erate amount oF advice could be transmitted to hira. 



Several school gardens have been established in Trenton, N.J. 

 At various times our reports have been sent to Professor B. C. 

 Gregory, the Superintendent of Schools in that place, and he has 

 sent several letters concerning what has been done in gardening 

 there, and has promised to send a printed report giving addi- 

 tional details of the work. 



Two sample letters to him are herewith submitted. From the 

 simple beginnings indicated therein great things may grow ; and 

 it is with some i)ride that we see the influence of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society extending in this particular line to 

 distant places. 



Trenton Public Schools, 

 School No. 8, December 15, 1897. 

 Professor B. C. Gregory : 



Dear Sir : Last Arbor Day the children prepared three 

 flower beds — two circular ones and one along the back fence. 

 They dug out the clay and poor soil, and filled up with good soil 

 brought from quite a distance. They then sowed seed and set 

 out plants, which grew and were carefully looked after b}' the 

 pupils. They enjoyed the flowers and took great pride in cariug 

 for them. There are three fine rose bushes, which will survive 

 the winter, I think. 



Respectfully, 



M. M. Wright. 



Trenton Public Schools, 

 School No. 15, Girard, December 17, 1897. 

 Professor B. C. Gregory: 



Dear Sir : We started a garden, on either side of our school 

 building, last spring, in which the children took a great deal of 

 pride, and the plants vv^ere very much admired by all the neigh- 

 borhood. We were a little afraid that our flowers would be inter- 

 fered with during the summer, but, instead, the people in the 

 neighborhood were careful that they should not be molested. We 

 intend to extend tlie work in the spring again. 



I am yours very respectfully, 



Elizabeth Hughes. 



