CHILDREN’S NUMBER 
BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN 
LEAFLETS 
THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 
Series V Brooklyn, N. Y., May 2, 1917. 
No. 5 
FOURTH ANNUAL GARDEN EXHIBIT 
FOR BROOKLYN BOYS AND GIRLS 
“Let your back yard work for you !” is the cry one hears on 
all sides these days, and surely this year, when high prices make 
vegetables a luxury', this ought to be the battle cry of every' boy^ 
and girl in the Borough of Brooklyn. This y'ear the Brooklyn 
Botanic Garden has set aside two days, September 14 and 15, for 
its fourth annual exhibit for the boy's and girls of Brooklyn. 
All exhibits, of schools as well as of individuals, must be brought 
to the Brooklym Botanic Garden on the afternoon of September 
13th, or by ten o’clock on the morning of the 14th. The exhibit 
will be judged on the afternoon of the 14th, and will then be on 
exhibition for the public from three to five o’clock on the after- 
noon of the 14th, and from ten in the morning until four in the 
afternoon of the 15th. The announcement of prizes will be made 
on the 15th. After four o’clock of this day^ exhibitors may remove 
their exhibits. Prizes will be distributed on Saturday' afternoon, 
September 29, at three o’clock. Entry cards may' be procured 
from your school or from the Botanic Garden. Be sure that you 
have not only'enteredyour produce in the class to which it belongs, 
but also followthe directions given under each class, thus avoiding- 
disappointments. For example, in Class D3 the best collection of 
ten blue asters is asked for: have ten asters, no more; and it is a 
class for blue asters, so send in only' blue asters. A bunch of 
asters of different colors will not do. 
To meet the needs of all exhibitors there are classes in which 
boys and girls may exhibit flowers, potted plants, vegetables, and 
wild flowers. There are also classes for schools both in suburban 
sections and where tenements make possible box gardens only. 
