CHILDREN’S NUMBER 
BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN 
LEAFLETS 
THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 
Series VI Brooklyn, N. Y., June 12, 1918 No. 5 
FIFTH ANNUAL GARDEN EXHIBIT 
FOR BROOKLYN BOYS AND GIRLS 
For five years we have been working with you, the teachers 
and children of the Borough of Brooklyn. I think if we could 
gather all our work together we would find that the Borough of 
Brooklyn stands high in what New York City has been doing in 
the line of gardening. 
It is rather interesting to note that at our last exhibit the 
number of entries in the class for flowers was small, while the 
number in the classes for vegetables and school garden displays 
was greater and finer in individual specimens than ever before. 
The reason for this is the emphasis that was put on war gardens, 
and our united work for four years. We should have this year 
better war products than ever before, and, to stimulate the best 
endeavor, the Chairman of the Botanic Garden Governing 
Committee of our Trustees has offered to give certain prizes for 
the duration of the war. These prizes are in the form of War 
Savings Stamps (Class K, a and b ) . Please bring this to the 
attention of every child in your school, and if you desire extra 
copies of this Leaflet please write to us at once for them and 
we will send them to the school. Children who are going to work 
for the best back yard gardens should send us their names, or 
the names should be sent to us through the school. 
Please note also that our exhibit is to be on September 13 and 14 and 
that the exhibits should be brought to the Garden during the day 
of the 12th, any time from 8:00 o’clock in the morning until 5:00 
o’clock at night. The exhibits will be judged by three impartial 
judges on the 13th, and will be on exhibition for the public from 
3:00 to 5:00 of that day. On the following day the exhibit will be 
open from 10:00 o’clock in the morning until 4:00 o’clock in the 
afternoon. At 4:00 o’clock any child is permitted to take his ex- 
hibit away. Be sure to say to your children that each separate 
exhibit, unless it be a part of the class or school exhibit, must 
have an entry card with the exhibitor’s name, school, and address 
upon it. These entry cards may be obtained from us in early 
