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Carrying out this idea we are offering prizes in our new circular 

 for 1906 and hope to have two successful exhibitions, one in June 

 and one in September. 



Looking Forward. 



Under the new name of Committee on Children's Gardens we 

 have a definite line of work and with an increased appropriation 

 we expect to place our Society at the head of the movement in this 

 state. 



Our goal is reached when every school in Massachusetts has a 

 garden and every child has a home garden. We believe that if 

 this goal is ever reached the results in happier and better children 

 and in improved home surroundings will amply repay all our 

 efforts. We ask the hearty cooperation of all members of the 

 Society and thank the Trustees for their attention to our requests. 

 The field is broad, the results inspiring, and our onward move- 

 ment is dependent on our energy and the money at our command. 

 May both increase in the year to come. 



Abstracts of Addresses made at the Children's Garden 



Conference. 



Held at Horticultural Hall, Boston, December 2, 1905. 



School Garden Work in Boston Schools. 



BY MISS ESTHER F. HALLOWELL, BOSTON SCHOOL GARDEN COMMITTEE. 



The Rice School Garden on Dartmouth Street, which was started in 

 connection with the Boston Normal School in the Spring of 1901, may be 

 said to be the pioneer in the attempt to establish garden work in the 

 congested districts of any large city. A vacant lot near the schoolhouse 

 was secured and the ground dug up and fertilized by many loads of street 

 sweepings. The lot was then divided into individual beds, 8 feet by 4 



