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packages of seeds during the past 
year and a new phase of work was 
the establishment of a garden for 
mentally and physically defective chil- 
dren. The flower shows this year 
were extremely beautiful and full of 
interest. There was no striving for 
spectacular effects, but in most cases 
an effort to secure quality, rather than 
quantity. 
The Botanical garden at the Rose- 
dale school noted by Miss Miller, is 
expected to be of great value. As the 
space is limited the planting will be 
confined to herbaceous plants. These 
are to be arranged in families. The 
monocotyledonous plants, including 
grasses, sedges, lilies, etc., will come 
first, then the dicotyledonous. The 
children will become familiar with the 
characteristics of each group and 
learn something of those plants hav- 
ing the greatest economic signifi- 
cance. 
E. W. Haines is president of the 
association; Miss Lucy B. Buell, sec- 
retary; Starr Cadwallader, treasurer; 
and G. H. MIcColIum, superintendent. 
SKY SIGN LAW UPHELD 
A decision has been made by the Su- 
preme Court of New York upholding 
the provisions of the building code of 
New York City regulating signs. The 
case was that of the City of New York 
vs. the M. Wineburgh Advertising Com- 
pany ; the fine aggregated over $300. In 
the case involving the sign at No. 103 
Fast 125th street the Wineburgh Adver- 
tising Company asserted it had been 
erected for a brev/ery on a two-year con- 
tract that would have brought them a 
profit of $ 11 , 000 . 
It is evident that the anti-sign cru- 
sade is making progress even in New 
'tork City where sentiment is not sup- 
p.osed to cut much figure. 
The Old Saybrook Town Improve- 
ment Associatio-n, Old Saybrook, Conn., 
is soon to issue circulars to the citizens 
regarding the care of the shade and fruit 
trees. 
Women of Corte Madera, Cal, a sub- 
urb of San Francisco, induced the rail- 
way company to set aside a plot of 
ground in front of the depot for a pub- 
lic park, and with the assistance of the 
men have prepared the ground for 
planting, which is soon to follow. 
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The Y. M. C. A. of Dayton, O., is to 
give a course of instruction in land- 
scape architecture with J. E. Freuden- 
berger as instructor, the first course of 
this kind to be given by this organiza- 
tion. The course will include twelve 
lessons, covering in a practical way all 
the essentials of landscape architecture 
* * * 
The Florists’ Club of Springfield, O., 
is interesting itself in the spread of the 
civic improvement idea, through the ef- 
forts of the retail florists. Under its 
auspices P. M. Cartmell has offered to 
donate $100 to any block in an estab- 
lished portion of the city, which would 
entirely remove fences from its front 
lawns, and as a further incentive the 
club offered to plant flowers in the yards 
and window boxes, on such block, free 
of charge. * * 
The Chicago Woman’s Outdoor Art 
League has again arranged for the sale 
of penny packages of seeds to children 
through various neighborhood concerns. 
.A.ny club, society, settlement, school or 
private individual in Chicago and 
throughout the state of Illinois may 
form a center by appointing one per- 
son to take charge of receiving the or- 
ders for seeds from the children, and of 
transmitting them with money to Mrs. 
Joseph P. Cobb, 254 East 47th street, 
Chicago, who is in charge of this work. 
Window boxes filled with good soil will 
be furnished at twenty-five cents each. 
Each center may establish a system of 
prizes for the best results. Orders for 
seeds or window boxes must be sent 
not later than April 15. Not less than 
one hundred (100) packages of seed or 
twenty -five (25) window boxes will be 
sent to one address. 
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The Denison, Tex., Civic Improve- 
liient League has conducted a very suc- 
cessful tree-planting campaign, which 
resulted in the planting of many shade 
trees and hardy shrubs on the recent 
Arbor Day. The school children planted 
over seven hundred trees and shrubs on 
the school grounds, along the streets 
and in the home-j'ards, the plants being 
distributed through the schools under 
the same plan so successfully employed 
by this League in its flower seed distri- 
bution last year. More than 5,000 pack- 
ets of flower seeds were distributed last 
year and it is expected that more than 
double this quantity will be required this 
year. Through the philanthropy of one 
of its pioneer citizens, Col. J. T. Mun- 
son, Denison is to have another and 
one of the largest parks in the South. 
Col. Munson recently deeded 130 acres 
of valuable land to the city for park 
purposes. At the annual meeting of the 
League the following officers were 
elected : Mrs J. H. Gardner, president ; 
Miss Olive Clifford, recording secretary; 
T. W. Larkin, corresponding secretary ; 
Mrs. J. H. Benner, treasurer. Mr. Lar- 
kin is also secretary of the Denison 
Board of Trade, which has been co- 
operating with the Civic Improvement 
League in a vigorous campaign to 
awaken the people to a realization of 
the importance of public improvement 
such, as flowers, trees and shrubs pro- 
vide. They are now beginning to see 
the splendid effect of this effort, and 
Denison seems destined to become one 
of the most attractive cities in that .sec- 
tion. 
MISS MILLER DIRECTING THE PLANTING OF THE HEDGE 
