CHILDREN’S NUMBER 
BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN 
LEAFLETS 
THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 
Series IV Brooklyn, N. Y., April 12, 1916. - No. 2 
THE THIRD ANNUAL GARDEN EXHIBIT 
FOR BROOKLYN BOYS AND GIRLS 
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden announces its third annual 
exhibit for the boys and girls of this city to be held September 
29tli and 30th. Prizes will be awarded Ootober 14 at three o’clock 
in the afternoon. 
Let us see this year if we can get a clear understanding of the 
conditions of the contest and so avoid disappointment and mis- 
takes in September. There are ten classes of exhibits, as follows: 
Class A. — School Display. The first prize in this class is a 
bronze statue of Victory; the second a silver cup. Any school may 
compete for these prizes and the school making the best display 
receives the first prize, the school making the second best 
display receives the second prize. The first prize does not become 
the permanent property of the school winning it until that school 
wins it three times. Then and only then the school keeps it. Be- 
fore that it is returned to the Garden each fall to be given to the 
school winning it that season. Public school 152 has won the trophy 
twice; should this school win it at the 1916 contest the trophy be- 
comes the property of this school, and the Garden puts up a new 
trophy at the next contest time. Some people have asked this 
question: What do you mean by the school display? It is a col- 
lection of vegetables, flowers and plants raised by the children of 
the school in their own home or school gardens. Flowers and 
vegetables exhibited with the school display do not count toward 
individual display. But potted plants may be entered both in this 
class and in Class F. 
Class B. — Community Display. This class is intended for those 
gardens which continue throughout the summer under supervision, 
as do the Park gardens and certain school gardens. The display 
in this class may be made up of the products from the individual 
plots, observation beds and border plantings. Products should 
not be submitted from plots cared for by gardeners, assistants, or 
