L. L. MAY & CO. 
ST. PAUL, MINN. 
tember, while onions, squash and carrots will come trailing 
along right up to frost. 
In the flower garden the Sweet Peas will be about the 
first to blossom, then the nasturtiums, and the morning glories. 
Larkspur, cosmos, mignonette and pansies are all summer 
flowers, but the salvia and asters will not do much blossoming 
until August and then will keep on right through September 
and October until frost. 
HOW TO ENCOURAGE THE CHILDREN 
One of the most successful means of promoting interest 
in children's gardens is to have annual shows or exhibitions. 
These may be made civic affairs, with competition open to all 
the schools of the city, or they may bo strictly local, confined 
to districts, wards, and etc. They should be held during Sep- 
tember, or the early part of October, in the school buildings, 
or, weather permitting, out of doors in a vacant lot. The 
occasion may be made a gala one, and open to parents and 
all others interested. Prizes should be awarded in classes, 
and competition should be restricted to children of the same 
age and grade. Public spirited citizens, clubs and civic lea- 
gues, to say nothing of business men who will do it for the 
advertising, are glad to give prizes of all sorts, and it is not 
so much the prize, but the honor of winning it, that appeals 
to the child. 
The following are a few suggestions for exhibiting from 
a man experienced in the matter : 
Best display of Vegetables, Wards or schools to com- 
pete. 
Best display of Cut Flowers, Wards or schools to com- 
pete. 
Best Home Vegetable Garden, 1st to 4th grades, 5th to 
8th grades. 
Best Home Flower Garden, 1st to 4th grades, 5th to 8th 
grades. 
Best combined Flower and Vegetable Garden. 
Best kept Front Yard, Lawn and Flowers. 
Best back yard including flowers, vegetables and lawns. 
Best display of Vegetables, 1st to 4th grades, 5th to 8th 
grades. 
