Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-28

eager to prev ent vandalism, and they soon
realized they must protect the rights OF
others. 1t is a curious thing, but it is i'm
possible now to pause to glance at the
beautiful daffodil and hyacinth beds at any
hour of the afternoon Saturdays or Sun
days. without being conscious that some
two or three youngsters are watching you
with an eye to discovering your motive.
Owners of property in the neighborhood OF
the school say that for three years now
they have had no trouble with school chill
dren crossing their lawns. The civic idea
has entered into the child's mind through
his ownership of a plant contributed for
the general beauty of his school.
One of the pupils OF the Lenox School.
Nettie Litchfield tells how the work was
done at her school In the following story:
Early IN the fall the children of the va
rious grades in the Lenox School worked
very earnestly around the flower beds pre-
pairing them for the bulbs These bulbs,
numbering 1920. were paid for by the con-
tributions of the teachers and pupils OF
the grades.
In the front garden were planted by the
eighth grade $40 bulbs, consisting OF red
and mixed tulips.
1.-THE north garden was divided into three
plots. the sixth grade planting pink and
white tulips, the fourth yellow Jonqulis
and the second mixed tulips The west
was divided between the two first grades.
the pupils of these two grades planting red
and white tulips.
1.-THE south garden was divided into three
plots. the seventh grade planting yellow
tulips, the fifth yellow jonquils and the
third mixed tulips.
Appearance Of First Bulbs.
1.-The first bulbs appeared February 10,
and the first bloom of the crocuses March
IL, and the tulips April 5.
I'VE uncovered the bulbs March II, the
day until April /.
LAS our tulips and jonquils are now in
their gayest dresses they make very
beautiful show for not only the school
children who worked so very hard for it
but to the people passing by and the neigh
bors of the school districts"
Along with the delight in the present bulb
show. just now every child is purchasing
penny packages of seed for his spring and
summer garden at home.
The vacation movement on the acre and
a half which the Secretary Of Agriculture
has set aside for the purpose is well under
way. The ground on Ginkgo avenue mas
been plowed and narrowed. The fence is
up, including in its circuit some substantial
trees so that the workers may have shade,
and the beds are laid off. Every afternoon
Miss Susan B. Sipe, who is carrying on this
volunteer work, is at the experiment
ground, and about 100 boys and girls are
there learning to be expert horticuturists.
They each have plot eight by eighteen
or ten by twenty, and about the whole
series of individual plots Is band to be
devoted to raising specimen beds of the
principal staples of American commerce.
In order that visitors may see what q
rural school garden should be. a portion OF
the land is to be cultivated with a rotation
of crops.
Miss Sipe tells a story of a boy whom she
observed last summer looking longingiy into
the garden and whom she at once invited
to come in. The boy worked with delight,
and when the afternoon was over she gave
him some lettuce. The next day he came
again and she said, We'll. Eugene did
your mother like the lettuce?"
Deed she did, ma am" ne replied; "she
couldn't wait to cook it,