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various physiological experiments or demonstrations conducted 
at the Garden. Petri dishes, which must be cleaned and delivered 
to the Garden, will, on request, be filled with nutrient agar, ready 
for exposure in the study of bacteria and molds. In all cases 
arrangements must be made by teachers for calling for such ma- 
terial, and all material loaned by the Garden must be returned 
promptly in good condition. 
DocENTRY 
Classes, and other parties of several persons, wishing to view 
the plantations under guidance, may arrange with the Curator of 
Public Instruction for appointments with a docent to conduct them 
through the Garden. For this service there is a charge of 25 
cents an hour or fraction thereof, or 10 cents a person for parties 
of three or more; except that no charge is made for teachers with 
classes, nor to members of the Botanic Garden. 
Tur HERBARIUM 
The Garden herbarium consists at present of over 100,000 
specimens, including phanerogams, ferns, mosses, liverworts, 
lichens, parasitic and other fungi, algee, and myxomycetes. This 
collection may be consulted by those interested, and specimens 
submitted will be gladly identified. Address Curator of Plants. 
THE LIBRARY 
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The rapidly growing library of the Garden occupies temporary 
quarters on the main floor of the laboratory building. This is not 
a circulating library, but is open free for consultation to all per- 
sons, from 9 a. m. until 5 p. m. Over 200 current periodicals 
devoted to botany and related subjects are regularly received. 
COLONEL WOODWARD AND THE BROOKLYN 
GARDEN* 
The speaker became a resident of Brooklyn so comparatively 
recently that the memory of first impressions is still vivid. Among 
* Remarks by the director of the Garden, at the meeting in memory of 
Col. Robert B. Woodward, at the Academy of Music, Brooklyn, October 
31, 1915. 
