Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-30

of flowers and potted plants that complete
| iy filled the four great Railways in the
| building yesterday afternoon. There were
| so many flowers that there was little room
! for the spectators to pass around them. and
| 1t was necessary to form lines about the
| tables and TO keep the lines moving In order
| that all who came might examine the ex-
hibit The show included the products or
| the gardens made by the children at the
| school under the direction of teacher and
those made at their homes without special
instruction.
The Jefferson gardens suffered from a
plague OF sparrows just before the close OF
the school year. and the plants were so
damaged that they were all pulled up ana
potatoes planted in their place fine crop
of tubers was the result, and some or these
were shown to visitors yesterday.
In addition to the flowers grown by the
children, there were many handsome plants
| used In the decoration OF the builoing tnat
were borrowed for the occasion. The va
rious rooms in the building were decked
with goldenrod and other wild flowers. ana
the teachers were on hand throughout the
afternoon to explain the gardening systems.
At the Van Buren,.
The floral exhibit at the public schools In
Anacostia yesterday afternoon was decid-
ed success. Sixteen classes were represent
ed In the exhibition. which was held In the
Van Buren, building, on Jefferson street.
Miss s. A. Langley, the principal of the
schools. together with her fifteen assistants,
was kept busily engaged during the after
| noon in receiving hundreds of parents, an
of whom expressed themselves as highly
srattfed at the spectacle. The exhlpiuon
represented the schools and home garaen
work begun last spring. On tables In the
large entrance hall the hundreds of visitors
saw lettuce, parsley, carrots, peanuts ana
many other vegetables raised by the pupils
while flowers in great variety showed IN Ell
fectiye decoration. Potted plants, rubber
trees, FERNS godenrod, corn stalks. 1rut
and masses of cut flowers banked poth
broad stairways and nearly hileo All tue
available space In the nan, making, ioi
once at least. as one of the teachers put IT.
the pathway of knowledge fowery thor
oughfare-
The exhibit of each grade was labeled,
and those of the seventh ana eightn sraae5
were most prominent and were much ad-
mired The crowds of Interested parents
and friends thronged the building Tor hours,
enieying the pretty scene and inspecting the
contributions of each grade, from the nfSt
to the eighth Some of the fall flowers lent
a decided autumn tint to the exhlpltioh.
Congress Heights.
IF was a delightful surprise to The friends
of the Congress Heights School when they
entered the room yesterday afternoon where
the flowers and fruits were displayed. The
flowers. vegetables and seeds were grouped
I'm four pyramid booths, each made by
nlacing several tables together and running
scarlet crepe ribbons from the four corners
of the tables to point in the ceiling Inc
room itself was tastefully decorated with
potted plants, cut flowers and autumn
leaves There was a great variety OF now
ers, fruits, vegetables and seeds grown by
| the school children from seeds furnished
| them in the spring. Among the exhlDlts
| made by the children We're pumpkin one
ward in circumference, grown by Harry
Sweeney; cotton plant four feet NIGH
showing the cotton in the various stages
/ III TOD tl Nal
white cotton, grown by Gladys owen;
| green pepper plant. grown by George Lind
| ner all of the fourth grade; some sweet
potatoes by thlrd-grade children. that Were
| each large enough for meal; an orange
| tree, grown from the seed by Charles Nc
| Farland of the sixth grade; pumpkin,
| feet inches in circumference, grown by
| James Faithful, and a wild fern, growing
| In tripod pot of stone, obtained from the
conglomerate beds of the vicinity, and
ranged by Minnie Fadeley. Among the
other exhibits of the children were mari
| Colds, nasturtiums geraniums, squash seed,
| parsley, tomatoes, pumpkins, turnips, car
| rots, pop corn, onions. china pinks. four
| o'clock seed owering bean seed. scarlet
! runner Iadys slipper. Zinnia, morning glory
seed eoxcomb, gladielus bulbs, cotton
plants cosmos and lima beans.
On the school grounds rows of beautiful
marigods and zinnias bordered the building
| on the north front. with double and single
| portulacas and verbenas at their feet. On
| the south side of the school grounds are
| observation gardens. one for each grade OF
| the school, in which were grown more than
twenty varieties of plants, vegetables and
| flowers. some to maturity and others large
| enough for transplanting. Here We're grown
the marigolds and zinnias. which followed
| the hyacinths, and tulips that adorned the
| border the north front early in the
\ spring Among the varieties grown to ma
| turity in the observation gardens are cot
| ton, flax. peanuts, tomatoes and in the
| early summer lettuce. These little gardens
| are only D by IL feet. Here and there are
| little flower gardens and shrubbery, but all
\ so arranged not to the broad ex-
panse of green lawn which greets the
| stranger he enters the grounds. OF most
/ varieties the specimens are not, numerous
4 as Mr. Lowe the principal desired only to
| have the children become familiar with
4 their appearance, manner of growth. etc.
/ The corps OF teachers who planned and
arranged the exhibit are: Mr.. III: F. Lowe.
principal, and Misses G. NJ. II. Brandt
| Mabel Thompson. N. B. Moriarty, ]. F. Du-
] gan, Bessie l. Lyons and Amy Smonds
| The efficient janitor. who has enthusiast
| cally aided in caring for the gardens and
! the extensive-lawn during the school
| sions and almost entirely so during the
summer vacation. is Mr.. J. E. Talbert.
| Among the exhibits by the teachers We're
| beautiful maidenhair fern, grown by Miss
| Amy Simonds. and a dwarf cotton plant
showing the progress of cotton from bios
| som TO the open bolls. grown In flower
| pot. by Miss Mabel Thompson from seed
| furnished by the Agricultural Department.
| Brightwood School.
1 The Brightwood building. along with the
/ other schools of the District, had It's com
/ ing out tea" Friday afternoon. Though
! Jack Frost has tried hard to get in his
| handiwork ahead of the school people he
| has met with dismal failure, and could he
have looked in upon the blossoms and plants
which adorned the hallway of school,
| he would. no doubt. have felt his defeat
| quite keenly. With the many contributions
| of the eager little farmers from their own
| school gardens. the teachers succeeded in
| making the interior of the building a YER
| liable bower. which interested the many
1 visitors. Many large palms and other
| potted plants kindly sent by patrons of the
school did much TO make a fitting back
ground for the successful efforts of the lit
| tie folks.
Chevy Chase.
Probably nowhere in the District arc the
| beneficial results of the school gardening
movement more apparent than at the
| Chevy Chase School. Realizing that Char
ity begins at home. the pupils and teach
| ers of this suburban school have for the
| past two years devoted their energies to
transforming an acre of red clay into n