CHILDREN'S GARDENS 211 



For the first time a kindergarten class of colored 

 children, numbering 40, was assigned a plot, each baby 

 putting in one seed. They made a unique picture 

 standing about a plot singing their little song of the 

 watering-can, while real water came out of a real can. 

 One small boy, age four, was so taken with the flag 

 floating over the summer-house, that we furnished 

 each with a flag, and they gave us their kindergarten 

 flag drill, feeling very much like little soldiers. 



The courtesy of this garden is extended to the 

 schools in the same manner as the American Museum 

 of Natural History, Metropolitan Museum of Art and 

 botanical gardens extend the courtesy of the use of 

 their grounds and buildings. While adults are not al- 

 lowed to touch the children's plots, which must be 

 considered exclusively their own, they are welcomed 

 as visitors at all times that the garden is open. On 

 election day, the parents took advantage of the holiday 

 to view their children's plots, and enjoyed the vege- 

 tables prepared in the household industries, which 

 were served with great delight by the little house- 

 keepers, being the products of their own labor. 



The garden has grown in such favor that applica- 

 tions have come from all over the city from schools 

 and children for plots. 



CROPS. 



The crops were about the same as in former years, 

 except that the fall was propitious toward fuller ma- 

 turing than usual. 



