July, 1911 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



359 



FIRST PREMIUM 



GARDEN FESTIVAL 



September 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 1910 

 At Brownell Auditorium 



Exhibitors No. 70 Class & 



"Parsnips No. 18 



Premiums Payable at the Brownell 

 School Oct. 15, 1910, at 3 P. M. 



A premium card used at an annual exhibit by the 

 Home Gardening Association, Cleveland, Ohio 



summer, make sowings of other seeds. 

 Try marigolds, mignonette, wallflower, and 

 coreopsis. 



(4) Thin out the plants if they come 

 up too thickly. Stir the soil constantly. 



(5) The little wooden seed labels are 

 excellent as cultivating sticks for the small 

 boys and girls. 



(6) Schools would do well to make out 

 and place their bulb orders before the 

 school closing time. 



(7) Sink the school-house plants, pots 

 and all, in a shady place in the garden. 



(8) The following list represents a wild- 

 flower garden of constant bloom: For 

 April or earlier: Anemone, everlasting, 

 spring beauty, hepatica, blood-root; May: 

 Columbine, Jack-in-pulpit, wake-robin; 

 June: Buttercup, Solomon's seal; July: 

 Butterfly weed, bouncing bet; August: 

 Elecampane, Joe-Pye, cardinal flower, tur- 

 tle head; September: Blazing star, cardinal 

 flower, boneset; October: Fleabane, golden- 

 rod, starwort, sunflower, witch hazel. 



(9) Foxglove is good to use for back- 

 grounds and for mass effect, too. 



(10) Do not forget to register in our 

 garden contest before the close of school. 



A Second Year Garden Experi- 

 ence 



THE following is taken from a contest 

 report sent in by William Wildey, 

 supervisor of this garden: 



"I opened a garden school 

 in Eastman Park, Poughkeep- 

 sie, N. Y., on Saturday, May 

 14, iqio, for a committee of 

 four influential people in that 

 city. They took it upon 

 themselves to continue the 

 work of the previous year, 

 which was the first year of 

 this work. 



"I visited the garden every 

 Saturday and Wednesday, 

 directed and supervised the 

 work in every detail. The 

 committee furnished assist- 

 ants to carry on the work 

 when I was not there in 

 person. 



"Two hundred boys and 

 girls, ranging in age from nine 



to thirteen, reported for duty and were 

 given individual gardens. About three 

 times the number registered. Space being 

 limited, the remainder had to be turned 

 away, disappointed, I assure you. A 

 few gave up their gardens during the 

 season. These were given to other boys 

 or girls. 



"Very few gardens changed ownership 

 during the year. We cared for all gardens 

 when the owners were sick for two weeks, 

 and gave them the first vacated one when 

 they came back if sick for more than two 

 weeks. If a garden was neglected for two 

 weeks it was given away. 



"The ground had been ploughed and 

 harrowed and well fertilized with wood 

 ashes and horse manure. The manure 

 was obtained from the street cleaning 

 department before the time of opening. 

 We found it best to carefully spade and 

 rake the ground before it was ready to 

 plant. 



"On the opening day, May 14th, we 

 laid out the gardens in beds or plots 

 4 x 10 ft., with a path 14 feet running 

 each way through the gardens. A large 

 circle, about 8 feet in diameter, was set 

 with potted plants which gave the gar- 

 dens a touch of life from the very be- 

 ginning. 



"The committee furnished the seeds. 

 The work of marking and planting was 

 begun the first day. Each pupil assisted 

 in marking and planted his or her own bed 

 with radishes, lettuce, beans, onions, 

 carrots, beets, and turnips. 



"Besides about one hundred and eighty 

 individual gardens, nearly one-eighth of 

 the available land was set aside for flowers 

 and such vegetables as were not grown in 

 the individual gardens. The flower gar- 

 dens had in them transplanted potted 

 plants, plants from seeds and bulbs. 

 Such vegetables as peas, tomatoes, peppers, 

 cauliflower, cucumbers, sweet corn and 

 popcorn were planted and grown in ob- 

 servation gardens. All the children worked 

 together in caring for these beds. They 

 proved a very attractive as well as in- 

 structive part of the garden work. Beds 

 of peanuts, cotton, hemp, flax, alfalfa, 



Foxelove. planted thus as a background, shows to great advantage 



The havoc worked by these cabbage worm shows 

 plainly on the leaves of the plants 



wheat, millet, and buckwheat were grown 

 for observation purposes. 



"One of the committee, furnished and 

 assisted in planting enough herbs of the 

 most useful and familiar kinds to make a 

 very fine assortment. This bed proved 

 very attractive and interesting. Each pupil 

 who assisted in caring for the observation 

 beds was given such products from them 

 as they liked best, after the work was 

 finished each day. Some of the vegetables 

 from observation beds were sold and pro- 

 ceeds turned over to the garden com- 

 mittee. This was a favorite idea with the 

 children in general. 



"A new plan was adopted which aided 

 much in attendance and general interest. 

 The committee purchased a pretty Ameri- 

 can flag and staff. The whole garden 

 was divided into four sections. Each 

 section elected a president and secretary. 

 Two or three of the business men of the 

 city were invited each Saturday afternoon 

 to decide which section was in the best 

 general condition. All walks, borders, and 

 gardens in general were considered. The 

 flag was placed in the best section for one 

 week. Each section chose a president and 

 secretary from their own number. These 

 officers kept the divisions up to the mark. 

 "The gardens were closed on the last 

 Saturday in August. Each 

 child gathered and took home 

 what vegetables he or she 

 had raised. The observa- 

 tion beds were cared for by 

 volunteer assistants and in- 

 terested children until the 

 frost spoiled the pretty flow- 

 ers. The flowers were cut 

 freely and given to children 

 who cared for them. Many 

 were sent to sick members, 

 some to hospitals and even 

 to cemeteries. 



"Each child was furnished 

 with a book and encour- 

 aged to keep a memorandum 

 of what he did from day to 

 day. Many did this and 

 have accurate records of their 

 work." 



