December, 1912 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



■205 



This girl won first prize for "the best riowers raised in a home garden" 



A prize winner for "the greatest improvement of unsightly spots " Land of 

 the Boston Elevated 



Our Prize Contest Gifts 



THE other side of Christmas is made up 

 of receiving. Some of you may not 

 know about our Christ- 

 mas gifts. Each year 

 The Garden Magazine 

 has a national contest 

 open to all boys and girls 

 who garden and to all 

 schools having gardens. 



The prizes for the gar- 

 dens competing are The 

 Nature Library and The 

 Garden Library. Sis sets 

 of these books are given 

 each year. The mdivid- 

 ual prizes are separate 

 books from The Garden 

 Library and subscriptions 

 to our Garden Maga- 

 zine. We make our de- 

 cisions in November of 

 each year and send out 

 our prizes as Christmas 

 gifts. 



To tell all about the 

 conditions which govern 

 our contest would take too long. These 

 things may be found out by writing di- 



rect to this department. Ask us also to mas gifts are the 



put your name on our mailing list and to us. 

 you will receive a contest poster next Mr. Mahoney, 



spring, and perhaps win a prize too. Gardens at Yonk 



Prize exhibition of vegetables grown by the Marlboro. Mass.. School garden 



It might be interesting to read an extract 

 or two from letters of thanks. Our Christ- 



improvement in 

 taken every mon 



thank letters which come 



director of the Fairview 

 ers, N. Y., says: "I write 

 to acknowledge the receipt 

 of The Garden Library 

 and to thank you for the 

 same. We are delighted 

 to have these books be- 

 cause we can use them in 

 our work here and also we 

 are proud that we have 

 won a prize." 



A little girl writes, "I 

 received my beautiful 

 prize which I must say 

 I am very proud of, and 

 just to think it was first 

 prize too. I now have 

 seven volumes of The 

 Garden Library. I noticed 

 there are still two more 

 volumes to make the com- 

 plete set. I shall work 

 hard for them this season. 

 I have new plans drawn 

 for my garden which I 

 think will make a great 

 it. I will have pictures 

 th next summer. 



Greenleaf's garden. 24 feet by 16 feet, had eighteen varieties of vegetables. 

 Second prize 



The Fairview Garden. Yonkers. New York, 

 three years cultivation." 



" The finest garden of more than 

 First prize 



