204 CHILDREN'S GARDENS 



on the list, notifying the children to be present on a 

 certain day and hour for planting. The registered 

 name standing in the same relationship as one apply- 

 ing to the park for a permit; the postal card being a 

 notification that the applicant may have the privilege 

 of playing a game of seeds on a given date. The 

 tag, exchanged for the postal card, represents the per- 

 mit to play this game of seeds, which may last a little 

 longer than a game of tennis or ball, but there is op- 

 portunity for many to participate in it during the sea- 

 son. 



On the planting days, as each relay of 25 children 

 has been registered, and tags or permits exchanged 

 for the postal cards, under the supervision of the 

 teachers, an object lesson is given, and twenty-five 

 plots are planted with seven varieties of vegetable in 

 each plot. It depends upon the number of children 

 responding promptly to the notice sent out as to how 

 many plots can be planted in a day. This year the 

 garden was very nearly planted in two days, but it 

 takes a week to finish up with the laggards. 



If everything is auspicious, the first planting usually 

 takes place early in May, and the first crop is harvested 

 from July I3th to 2Oth. The plots are respaded and 

 a second set of farmers are registered, and the first 

 process is repeated. During 1908, the same system 

 obtained as in preceding years, of having two crops of 

 vegetables and two crops of children. 



The upper part of the pergola building furnishes 

 a sort of gallery for an audience which, while difficult 



