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and pleasure to adults as well by including in the 

 garden the usual park features of decorative flower 

 beds, composed of propagated plants from the park's 

 greenhouses all may enjoy them, but still learn the 

 private care of public property. Sometimes these 

 plants can be set out by the teachers and children, but 

 sometimes it is necessary to have the gardeners do this 

 work. 



The same applies to bulbs, set in the fall. They are 

 a park feature, but included in the Children's Garden. 



PERSONNEL OF CHILDREN. 



The personnel of the children using this garden in 

 1908 has become so diversified that it is worthy of note. 



The number of crippled children of 1907 increased 

 from 50 to 150 in 1908, brought, as before, by the 

 Crippled Children's Driving Fund, twice a week. The 

 plots on either side of the center path, from north 

 to south, were given over to these children the 

 wide center path allowing of more space for the ac- 

 commodation of their crutches and braces. If this 

 garden had been provided for this purpose and no 

 other, it would have been vastly worth while. The 

 long straight paths, between rows of vegetables, seem 

 to give the crippled children a feeling of safety, and 

 little by little they gain courage to become more active. 

 One little fellow of seven years of age, with only one 

 leg, his crutch fastened through a loop in his trousers, 

 seemed to cover the distance from gate to summer- 

 house in three jumps. He almost flew. I met him 



