Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-29
SCHOOL HAPPY
Play Host at Annual Exhibit of
Garden Products.
RESULTS OF SUMMER WORK
Flowers in Great Abundance at Num-
Der of Buildings.
FAvORITE BLOOMS IN EVIDENCE
Judges to Decide Upon the Beauty and
Completeness Of Each
Display.
FAv0RITE BLOOMS IN EVIDENCE

pants ana vegetables, and the girls ana
boys, bright-faced and happy, paid tribute
to their instructors in dainty blooms and
growths which had been cultivated by their
own hands and in their own particular way.
Front-yard gardens, backyard gardens and
side-yard gardens contributed to the gen.
eral floral fund that was placed on exhi-
bition before admiring parents, teachers
and friends. The several school rooms in
which the amateur horticultural exhibits
were arranged were made fragrant with the
perfume, and CHEEKY and picturesque by the
delicate colors of the flowers. The children
were proud of the result of their own
handwork during the spring and summer
months in producing the variegated flowers.
foliage, vines and vegetables. The occasion
was also in the nature of a fall harvest day,
and the interested teachers, in more than
one instance, told their pupils THE Story
of the Flowers"
The little gardeners, accompanied by their
parents in many instances, assembled at
the school buildings about 3 o'clock, and
some of them told how they had depopu-
lated their gardens in order to make a
creditable display at school. They received
their rewards in the words of praise from
their teachers and the public school Off
cials, who believe that flower culture will
bring out all that is good in the little ones
by associating them closely with kindly
Dame Nature and her marvellous works.
Products of Gardens.
The flowers which were placed on exhibit
ton were in the main raised from seed
from the penny packages purchased by the
little horticulturists with their spending
money. This fact gave them added inter-
est in the exhibition. Almost every flower
in the category was represented, and they
were artstically arranged and massed,
presenting pleasing picture to the eye.
The favorite blooms of autumn were in
evidence on all sides. and marked feature
of the afternoon was the displays from the
school gardens.
The little ones had uprooted the plants
from their home gardens and placed them
in pots and other receptacles for the pur-
poses of exhibition, and the schools We'd
with each other in their Efforts to capture
the prizes offered by the Florists Club
Mr. William F. GUIDE and Mr.. Charles
McCauley acted as judges. and their de-
cision will soon be announced as to which
two schools made the best display from
both an artistic and horticultural stand
point.
At the Edmonds School.
Patrons and friends Of the Edmonds
School, corner 9th and D northeast, were
enthusiastically received by the children
and teachers of the school yesterday after
noon. fishers. appointed from the different
trance and conducted them to the various
exhibits. The principal. Miss Alice Nc
Nantz, and the committee of teachers re-
ceived in the teachers room. opposite the
main entrance, where the art treasures pre-
scented to the school by Mrs. Edmonds, who
collected them her recent trip abroad.
were for the first time placed on view,
The lower hall and stairs were beautifully
decorated with palms, ferns. banks of gol-
denrod and asters. as was also the recep-
ton room. In the upper hall the flowers
and vegetables. which the children raised
from seeds obtained at the school last
spring, were arranged on tables. while the
great mass of vines. balloon. morning glory,
beans and cypress, all grown by children,
were hung from moldng to floor as back
ground. Compositions. drawings and other
correla ted work were also exhibited.
The vegetable exhibit was attractive. The
potatoes. tomatoes, lima beans lettuce.
ochre. corn and other products were excep-
tionally fine and large.
The display was an unusually attractive
one and elected unstfhted commentator
from the visitors.
The johnson School
Notwithstanding the unusual weather
during the past summer the pupils Of the
Johnson School found plenty Of material
in their home gardens to make the annual
flower show at their building remarkable
success. The great quantities Of potted
and cut flowers were attractively arranged
by the pupils under the supervision OF
teacher in one of the bright, sunny rooms
of the building. On the blackboards were
drawn appropriate pictures. and around
the walls were hung floral paintings and
drawings-the work of the children. One
of the tables in the room contained several
sets of compositions on the school garden.
The many visitors to the school were
more than delighted by the attractive ap-
pearance of the grounds surrounding the
building. What was three years ago an
afr nf and gravel Ia
a most beautiful lawn. The shrubs which
are prettily grouped in the southwest cor
ner of the grounds look particularly thrifty
and the mass of flowers along the western
edge evince remarkable care and interest.
Mr.. Charles S. Clark. supervisor of the
first division, has been a most powerful in
centive in the garden work. and to him Is
largely due the glorious transformation in
the grounds around the school buildings of
the northwest section.
Cranch School Exhibit.
Any one visiting the flower show at the
Cranch School must have felt that the
school garden movement is meaning much
to the children in the neighborhood of the
navy yard The parking in front of the
school is gay with scarlet sage. asters and
marigolds and Towering vines cover the
fences. These fall flowers made a good
showing for the work of the school garden
itself. In the hall and corridors of the first
floor was the exhibit of the fruit of the
children's labors in their own home gardens.
The banisters of the wide staircase were
completely covered with trailing vines and
rows of ported plants were stationed along
the steps. Each grade had a table banked
high with flowers and the display of corn,
tomatoes. beans and other garden vege-
tables suggested a harvest home celebra-
ton. Some of the children had taken pride
in bringing something out of the ordinary.
One second-grade boy had raised a cotton
plant on which the pods were almost ma
tured A large plant of cultured jamestown
weed with great dropping white blossoms
attracted much attention.
The parents who visited the exhibit were
delighted with the showing and the children
were already full of plans for the gardens
Of the coming year.
At the Dennison.
The broad lower hall of the Dennison was
transformed yesterday afternoon into
bower Of loneliness. On entering the build
Ing first glimpse revealed the national
colors, making a tasteful background for
window boxes filled with luxuriant ferns.
Massed on either side appeared the glowing
tints of the sunf1ower and yellow daisy.
Busy children had gathered the products
of their home gardens to display to the in
terested visitors. Tables had been taste
fully grouped and decorated by their little
hands. Here were to be seen the seeds,