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WorK of the Cleveland Home Gardening Association in 1904 * 
“To allozv a child to grow up without planting a seed or rearing a plant is a crime against 
civilised society, and our armies of tramps and hordes of hoodlums are among the just 
fruits of our educational system that slights this most important matter.” 
The fifth annual re- 
port of the work of 
the Home Gardening 
Association of Cleve- 
land records no 
change of pur pose, 
and shows the broad- 
ening and deepening 
effect of its work 
upon home and school 
life. The specific 
methods of the Asso- 
ciation differ in no es- 
s e n t i a 1 particulars 
from those outlined in 
last year’s report, 
which was discussed 
in these pages. 
The sale of seeds 
in 1904 exceeded that 
of any previous year. 
The total number of 
seeds and bulbs dis- 
tributed in penny packets was 237,393. Of these, 140,- 
106 packets of seeds and 27,440 gladiolus bulbs went 
directly to the Cleveland school children, 12,000 more 
went to them through the Slavic Alliance, and 57,857 
packets to schools and organizations outside the city. 
The Slavic Alliance conducted the work among the 
city’s large Slavonic population, and its president tes- 
tifies that the effort was well repaid by the results. In 
one ward both the prizes offered were won by Slavs. 
The Alliance published in four different Slavic lan- 
guages a pamphlet giving cultural directions for the 
seeds offered and a treatise on floriculture and its in- 
fluence on home life. 
In addition to the brief and practical directions for 
planting that accompanied each packet of seeds, forty 
stereopticon lectures were given early in the spring by 
Miss Louise Klein Miller and Howard J. Strong, to 
impart information concerning flowers and flower cul- 
ture, including practical hints on artistic arrangement 
and care. 
The most important innovation during the year was 
the provision for gardens at four schools. Their prep- 
aration, planting and care were under the supervision 
of Miss Miller. At the school, trees and shrubs were 
donated, which were used in improving the school 
grounds and in starting a nursery. When the school 
gardens were judged, each of the ten best gardners, in 
order of excellence, was allowed to select from the 
nursery a tree to plant in his own yard at home. MisS 
Miller suggests for this year that the garden work be 
extended ; that gardens be established in connection 
with the vacation schools ; that hot beds be prepared in 
available school yards for starting seedlings for school 
gardens, school yards and distribution among the chil- 
dren ; that a seed bed of native trees and shrubs be a 
feature of every school yard ; that perennial plants be 
utilized as far as possible for school yard decorations ; 
that vegetable seeds be added to the home gardening 
list, that each child purchase his own tools and take 
care of them ; and that a pergola or arbor be erected 
BEAUTIFYING A NARROW 
SPACE BETWEEN TWO 
HOUSES. 
