228 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



that is done for them. The total product of the garden during the season 

 -was as follows: 



Corn, 200. Carrots, 3500. 



Cucumbers, 30. Beets, 2500. 



Squashes, 6 winter, 60 summer. Radishes, 15.000. 



Pumpkins, 27. Lettuce, 6000. 



Melons, 12. Beet greens, 50 pecks. 



Potatoes, 24 hills. Turnip greens, 50 pecks. 



Tomatoes, 30 plants. Sweet alyssum, 180 feet. 



Beans, 30 quarts. Zinnias, 180 feet. 



Peas, 50 quarts. Cal. poppies, ISO feet. 



Peanuts, 45 plants. Petunias, 180 feet. 



Turnips, 3000. Nasturtium, 180 feet. 



•Report of the Lincoln School Garden, Brookline, Mass. 



BY MISS ELIZABETH SEW ALL HILL, GARDEN DIRECTOR. 



Third Prize, 1905. 



The Lincoln School garden was started in 1903 by the Brookline Edu- 

 cational Society and in the present year was connected with the Lincoln 

 School under the School Committee. It is situated on private property 

 at the corner of Boylston and Cypress streets. It is not a desirable piece 

 -of land either in shape or in the character of the soil. It is deficient in 

 nitrogen as was proved by the experiment with inoculated beans; no 

 nodules being formed even then. It is, however, the nearest available 

 plot to the school. The dimensions of this garden are 125 by 76 feet, 

 divided into 68 lots, 15 by 5 feet. 



Gardening was made a regular study and all work was done in school 

 hours. During May and June at ten o'clock a class of about twenty boys 

 was sent to the basement where the tools were hung in a row in sets of a 

 hoe, rake, shovel, and trowel. They would take these and march up to 

 the garden for one hour's work. 



During the vacation many more children wanted gardens than could 

 be accommodated and 167 different children worked in them although 

 only one-half owned a garden. 



Material for study in the class room was taken from the gardens, plants 

 were potted and taken home, and some were placed in the school rooms. 

 The dry weather for several weeks caused much anxiety and the soil was 

 like powder. The seeds could not germinate but by constant working 

 -and watering they got through with very little hann. 



