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varieties will be desired. Who will supply the de- 
mand? The Commercial Seedsmen. 
That the same thing would be true of plants is 
recognized by at least one florist. He wanted to 
clear some ground occupied by some pink peonies. 
A man ofifered to buy them, but was not willing to 
pay what they were worth. He offered to give them 
to the Exchange Garden, saying, “I can afford to 
give them to you, because you are teaching children 
to love flowers, and when they grow to be men and 
women, they cannot live without them, and I will 
find a market for my plants.” In consequence of 
his generosity, one school yard has a hedge of pink 
peonies seventy-five feet long, and there are many 
left in the Exchange Garden to be distributed in 
the spring. 
The gardener of a large estate sent one hundred 
and fifty clumps of peonies, saying, “I am so glad 
to give them to you, as we needed the space for 
PUTTING CI’TTINGS IN THE SAND. 
other things, and they would have gone on the rub- 
bish heap if you had not taken them. You know a 
gardener dislikes to destroy plants that he has 
cared for so many years.” So for commercial, sen- 
timental, and other reasons we have received and 
distributed from the Exchange Garden aTout twen- 
ty thousand plants, having a reserve for the spring. 
To put a lot, which for years has been covered 
with heavy sod and strewn with large flagstones 
weighing tons, into condition, is not an easy task. 
The Home Gardening Association contributed 
$150 for the expenses, and a garden was planned 
and planted. The arrangement was for the purpose 
of allowing persons who called for plants to see a 
well ordered' garden, and if possible get some 
suggestions there, for color effects, arrangement 
and succession of blooming in their own planting. 
In order to reach the people for whom the garden 
was intended a number of cards were printed and 
MAKING GERANIUM CUTTITJGS. 
distributed to applicants at Goodrich House. 
Is entitled to plants from the Exchange Garden, 359 Euclid 
Avenue. i 
Open I to 3 p. m., Tuesdays. j 
9 to 10 a. m., Fridays. | 
(Signed) i 
The garden was under the immediate supervision j 
of the Curator of School Gardens, who was also ; 
one of the judges of the Home Gardens and Elower i 
Shows, competing for the prizes annually offered 
by the Home Gardening Association and who, ! 
therefore, is familiar with the highways and by- ! 
ways of the city and knows where the plants would : 
be appreciated and where they would have the : 
most humanizing effect. ' ; 
Thousands of plants were given to the public 
schools and the school children came at different | 
times for instruction and to aid in the operation of ; 
the garden. As far as possible we used perennial j 
plants. One of the lessons was planting seeds of i 
Larkspurs, Columbine, Lupins, Coreopsis, Shasta [ 
Daisies and other well known favorites, in boxes 
GATHERING SEEDS IN THE EXCHANGE GARDEN. 
