CHILDREN'S GARDENS 



association the previous year. To these were 

 added pictures of the flower-shows in the schools. 

 Interest centered in the pictures of these flower- 

 shows. The desirability of making a flower- 

 show in each school was mentioned. ' The aim of 

 the talks was to indicate the possibilities of nat- 

 ural beauty in the city where the children have 

 little contact with birds and trees and other nat- 

 ural objects.' 



" The Dellenbaugh Prizes. In May, Judge 

 Dellenbaugh offered bulbs as prizes for the best 

 gardens, one reason for the offer being that: 

 ' The completion of our Park System and the 

 adornment of our yards with shrubs and flowers 

 will make Cleveland old mother earth's matchless 

 beauty spot.' 



" The florists and seedsmen of the city now 

 give every encouragement to the association, and 

 well they may, for within the past year or two 

 their sales have about doubled." 



The leaflets shown on pages 31 to 33 with 

 others have been issued by the Home Gardening 

 Association. 



The Boys' Garden established and main- 

 tained by the National Cash Register Company 

 of Dayton, Ohio, was the first garden in the 

 United States instituted and owned by a cor- 

 poration. Its president, a thoroughly practical 

 and successful business man, attributes his suc- 



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