TEACHING POOR KIDDIES TO GARDEN 



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INSPIRED by the article in The Garden Magazine 

 for March describing the work done by the Avenue A 

 Gardens to give New York's tenement children a new 

 and wholesome interest in life, a gentleman in Eliza- 

 New Jersey, writes to us that he has laid out fifty 

 gardens for the use and instruction of poor children 

 in that city. 



Thousands of visitors at the New York Flower Show availed 

 themselves of the opportunity to see with their own eyes how 

 the work is carried on in the Avenue A Gardens. Two of the 

 5 x 10 plots were shown, one of them with relays of the children 

 engaged in planting and cultivating, the other with a generous 

 growing crop of vegetables and flowers. Members of the Plant, 

 Flower and Fruit Guild were in attendance to explain the work 

 and accept the ten-dollar subscriptions for the maintenance of 

 individual gardens. The interest of the New York public is 

 shown by the receipt of something more than two thousand dollars, 

 enough to keep more than two hundred children off the streets 



and engaged from spring to winter in out-of-door work-play and 

 practical education in gardening. 



Not the least valuable feature is that the interest of the child- 

 ren in what they are doing extends to their older relatives, and 

 in several cases has led to families deserting the tenements to 

 live where they could have a bit of ground on which to grow 

 things. Of course these last are rather exceptional instances, 

 but there is not a single one of the six hundred plots which is not 

 yielding some child a new and better knowledge of what this 

 earth can give in the way of occupying one's time and energy. 



When this reaches our readers' eyes, the planting work in the 

 Gardens will be in full swing. The young agriculturists are 

 impatient of interruption in their important occupations, but 

 those who drive or walk through Avenue A in the neighborhood 

 of the Rockefeller Institute won't need to ask where the work is 

 going on. It is plainly visible through the iron fence surround- 

 ing the three city blocks and it is a sight worth seeing by any one 

 interested in America's future citizenry. 



THE response to the appeal for funds to 

 carry on the work of the Avenue A 

 -Gardens has been so generous that the ac- 

 knowledgments will have to be printed on the 

 installment plan. As there are six hundred 

 gardens, the funds in hand are not sufficient 

 to provide seeds, tools, supervision, and 

 instruction for all of them so The Garden 

 Magazine is still willing to accept contribu- 

 tions often dollars, each of which provides for 

 a garden and entitles the donor to give that 

 garden a name. 



Checks for ten dollars, or multiples of that 

 amount, may be sent payable to the order of 

 Avenue A Gardens Fund, The Garden 

 Magazine, Garden City, N. Y., and will be 

 acknowledged in an early issue going to press 

 after receipt. Contributions will also be re- 

 ceived by the Plant, Flower and Fruit Guild, 

 70 Fifth Avenue, New York City. 



The required amount of ten dollars to 

 maintain each garden has been received from 

 the following: 



Mrs. Sidmon McHie, New York City, for 



The Sidmon Garden, The Gloria Garden 

 The Larchmont Garden Club, Larchmont, N. Y., for 



The Larchmont Garden. 

 The Flushing Garden Club, Flushing, N. Y., for 



The Flushing Garden Club Garden. 

 Mrs. H. F. Boardman, New York City, for 



Buddie's Garden. 

 Mrs. B. W. Morris, Mt. Kisco, N. Y., for 



The Walter Piatt, Jr. Garden. 

 Mrs. J. H. Hunt, Greenwich, Conn., for 



The Kirke La Shelle Garden. 

 Mrs. Robert Bacon, New York City, for 



The Hope Garden. 

 Mrs. E. C. Bacon, New York City for 



The Corners Garden. 

 Mrs. H. Van Rensselaer Kennedy, for 



The Baby Marion Garden. 

 Master Winthrop Rockefeller, New York City, for 



The Winthrop Garden. 

 Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., New York City, for 



The Laurance Garden, The David Garden. 

 Miss Fanny Norris, New York City, for 



The Good Luck Garden. 

 Mr. T. A. Havemeyer, New York City, for 



The Havemeyer Garden, The Arthur Herrington Garden. 

 Mrs. James Bowen, Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y., for 



The Edson Garden. 

 Miss Elizabeth Bowen, Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y., for 



The Elizabeth Garden. 

 Miss Maude Wetmore, New York City, for 



The Joy Garden. 

 Mrs. Victor Guinzburg, Chappaqua, N. Y., for 



The Ralph Garden, The George Garden, The Frederic 



Garden. 

 Mrs. John Palmer, New York City, for 



The Ettie Garden. 

 .Mrs. Howard F. Clark, Great Neck, N. Y., for 

 The Edith Garden. 



Mrs. Richard L. Beckwith, New York City, for 

 The Christadora Garden. 



Mrs. G. Schirmer, New York City, for 

 The Elsie H. Fay Garden. 



Mrs. Henry Marquand, New York City, for 

 The Knight Garden. 



Mrs. Burke Roche, New York City, for 

 The Eileen Garden. 



Miss M. R. Cross, New York City, for 

 The Bearfort Garden. 



Mrs. Edwin G. Merrill, New York City, for 

 The Two Little Sisters Garden. 



Miss Genevieve Brady, New York City, for 

 The Genevieve Garden. 



Miss Victoria Brady, New York City, for 

 The Victoria Garden. 



Mrs. Monroe D. Robinson, New York City, tor 



The Dorothy Douglas Robinson Garden, The Three Arts 

 Club Garden. 



Mrs. John A. Carpenter, New York City, for 



The Dinny Garden. 

 Mr. Samuel Sloan, New York City, for 



The Katharine Sloan Garden. 



Mrs. Edward Sandford, New York City, for 



The Edward Sandford Garden. 

 Mrs. J. F. Chapman, New York City, for 



The Fred C. Heighe, Jr., Garden. 



Mr. Wm. Hunt Dickinson, New York City, for 



The Andrew Dickinson Gardens (5 plots). 

 Mrs. T. T. Gaunt, New York City, for 



The Fannie Marshall Gardens (5 plots). 



Miss Mabelle Lane, New York City, for 



The Fan-Tom Garden. 

 Mrs. Frank Montague, New York City, for 



The Danforth Garden. 

 Mr. Albert A. Brennan, New York City, for 



The Beulah Garden. 

 Mrs. E. Bailey, New York City, for 



The See-Us-Grow Garden. 



Mrs. Lea Mc I. Luquer, Mt. Kisco, N. Y., for 



The Lea S. Luquer Garden, The Evelyn P. Luquer Garden 

 The Thatcher P. Luquer Garden, The Ellen P. Luquer 

 Garden. 



Miss Adele Merrill, New York City, for 

 The Toodles Garden. 



Mrs. Thomas Denny, New York City, for 

 The Louise Garden. 



Mrs. Stewart Elliot, New York City, for 

 The Eliza Josephine Garden. 



Miss Agnes Cochran, New Canaan, Conn., for 



The Elizabeth Garden. 

 Mrs. Elliot Smith, New York City, for 



The Anna Garden. 



Miss Ethel Spears, New York City, for 

 The R. Lazys Garden. 



Mrs. A. T. Van Laer, Litchfield, Conn., for 

 Little Joan's Garden. 



Mrs. J. J. Radley, Stanford, Conn., for 

 The Gerald Garden. 



Mrs. James Steel, New York City, for 



The Lillian Garden. 

 Mrs. Ira Barrows, New York City, for 



The Sarah Barrows Garden. 

 Mrs. Charles K. Morrison, New York City, for 



The Eleanor Garden. 



Mrs. Frederick Geller, Bionxville, N. Y., for 



The Bronxville Garden. 

 Miss A. R. Russell, New York City, for 



The Garden of Joy. 

 Miss Elizabeth Man, Richmond Hill, N. Y., for 



The Two Lucys Garden. 



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Mrs. Blewett Lee. Atlanta, Ga., for 

 The W.N. F. Garden. 



Mr. H. F. Gurney, New York City, for 

 The H. F. Gurney, Jr. Garden. 



Miss M. Moyca Newell, New York City, for 

 The Apprentice Garden. 



Miss Katherine Mayo, New York City, for 

 The Half Deck Garden. 



Mrs. A. I. Underhill, Babylon, N. Y., for 

 The Babylon Dahlia Garden Garden. 



Mrs. D. P. Hays, Pleasantville,~N. Y.. for 

 The Daniel P. Hays, Jr. Garden. 



Mrs. James B. Taylor, New York City, for 

 The Seldom Seen Garden. 



Mr. A. H. Lippincott, New York City, for 

 The Stockbridge Garden. 



Mrs. A. H. LrpriNCOTT, New York City, for 

 The Weathersfield Garden. 



Mrs. W. B. Clark, New York City, for 

 The Little Michael Garden. 



Mrs. L. S. Bigelow, New York City, for 

 The Deborah Garden. 



Miss Deborah Bigelow, New York City, for 

 The Minsy Garden. 



Mr. C. F. Meyer, New York City, for 

 The Myra Garden, The Betty Garden. 



Mrs. Charles de Rham, Jr., New York City, for 

 The Lieut. C. de Rham, Jr. Garden. 



Mrs. Adolph Zukor, New York City, for 

 The Paramount Garden. 



Miss Mildred Sawyer, New York City, for 



The Babies Hospital Garden. 

 Mr. Philip Sawyer, New York City, for 



The Budge Garden. 



Martha Keep, New York City, for 

 The Orthopaedic Hospital Garden. 



Miss Ruth Schoellkopf, Buffalo, N. Y., for 

 The Arden Garden. 



Mrs. E. S. Auchincloss, New York City, for 

 The Keewaydin Garden. 



Mrs. F. J. Abbott, New York City, for 

 The Perseverance Garden. 



Mrs. Lizette J. Hammond, New York City, for 

 The Rene Ross-Hammond Garden. 



Mr. Julian Myrick, New York City, for 

 The William Washburn Myrick Garden. 



Mr. Walter Jennings Taylor, New York City, for 

 The Walter Jennings Taylor Garden. 



Mr. Henry Stillman Taylor, New York City, for 

 The Henry Stillman Taylor Garden. 



Miss Carroll McComas, New York City, for 

 The Carroll McComas Garden. 



Mr. Alvin Untfrmeyer, New York City, for 



The Alvin Garden. 

 Mrs. Charles H. Keep, New York City, for 



The Buffalo Garden, The Town Hall Garden. 



Mrs. R. P. Stevens, New York City, for 



The Ray Garden. 

 Mr. James Lincoln Ashley, New York City, for 



The Edith Garden. 

 Mrs. Charles M. Newcomee, Mrs. J. A. Hadden, Mr. C. S. 



Sands, and Mrs. Joseph Walker all of New York City, for 



four plots not yet named. 



The Douglaston (L. I.) Garden Club for 

 The Douglaston Garden Club Garden. 



Mr. Arthur McCausland for 

 The Molly Garden. 



Mrs. J. P. Morgan, Jr., for 

 Two gardens not yet named. 



