Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-28

of school gardens at the Industrial Home
School among the best in the city. The
gardens at the home are more extensive
and elaborate than those of any other pub
lie school in the District. With more than
seventeen acres in the school tract there is
ample room for gardening on large scale.
Mr.. r. L. Haycock, the principal. has
broadened the scope of the work from year
to year until now. when more than four
thousand Towering plants are being cult
waited by the boys and girls.
Heretofore the children have exhibited
their flowers and farm products at the
Curtis, the largest and most central school
in Georgetown. This year however, they
invited the public to inspect their gardens
as they stand a the home school. They
are now at their best, the large yellow
cannas and scarlet sage contributing beau
tiful dashes of color to the home school
landscape. From a thousand geraniums the
children gathered about five thousand slips
to be consigned to the greenhouse for WIN
ter keeping. About fifty children are pro-
vided with individual gardens. each con-
tanning about sixty square feet. In addi-
ton to their own gardens they care for the
gardens in general adjacent to the school
building. where beautiful lawns are made
more attractive by borders and beds equal
to some in the city parks.
Prizes. to be awarded October l, have
aroused the children to a high pitch of en-
thusiasm and pride in their efforts.
Tables With Cut Flowers
The appreciation of the parents and
friends of Birney School was shown by the
large attendance at the vegetable and floral
exhibit held on the school grounds from l
to > o'clock pm. yesterday.
The tables were arranged on the lawn
and We're beautifully decorated with cut
flowers from the school garden: others held
potted plants raised by the children in
their home gardens. Great taste dis
played in the arrangement of the flowers
as to their kinds and colors. the green
vines making pleasing contrast with the
brilliant co!OrS of the aSterS, maTigoldS,
geraniums, nasturtiums, sultana and sahia
The seeds were carefully gathered and
assorted and shown in bottles and boxes.
Miss +. J. Smith. principal, had the super
vision of the work ~and due to her skill
and taste the grounds at Blrney reached
this degree of perfection, it was stated
At the Seaton building, l street between
q! and Sd streets, the statement was made
that each grade had planted seeds dur
ing the spins or early summer. The beds
OF the first and second grades presented
pretty display of yellow marigolds and cali
opss. The third and fourth grades pre-
sCnted Principally purple effect, while the
kindergarten had a joint display IF both
flowers and vegetables including tomatoes,
parsley and beans. The fifth grade had
number of fine chrysanthemum plants,
which are rot yet in bloom, while the sew
enth and eighth grades presented pretty
display of dahlias, Zenias and coxcomb.
The sixth grade scholars of the Seaton
manifested much pride In their exhibit, a
gorgeous flower bed with a border of
''dusky miller and huge bank of scarlet
sage and red cannas. The brick wall of
the playground is covered with clematis
moon flower, balloon vine and purple flow
erng bean. Tables were arranged in the
yard of the school on which We're exhibited
ported plants, cut flowers, fruits, vege-
tables and seed, showing the work of the
children during the summer vacation time
Gardening a Scientific Study.
The vegetable garden superintendent by
Miss E. V. Smith, sixth grade teacher, who
has made scientific gardening a study
showed pumpkins of immense size, corn
okra, cabbage, cucumbers, peppers. pars-
nips, carrots, onions, tomatoes and sweet
potatoes raised from plants grown in cold
frames on the school premises. The tables
displayed vegetables grown in the homes,
planted and cared for by the children. The