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ing, C. Nally, $7,569.00. The contract with Frymier & Hanna 
was executed by the contractor on November 20, and excavation 
for the foundation began on December 1. 
The first bunch of bananas to be grown at the Garden was 
harvested on October 23, and specimens were sent to trustees and 
members of the various staffs of the Institute, and to other friends 
of the Garden. There were over 250 bananas on the bunch, and 
the total weight was 170 pounds. 
The New York Section of the National Nature Study Associ- 
ation met at the Garden on October 30, at 10:30 a. m. At the 
close of the business session a brief address was given by the di- 
rector on the aims and work of the Garden, the relation of botanic 
gardens to nature study in the schools, and the desirability of 
establishing botanic gardens more generally in American cities. 
At the close of the session the members were conducted through 
the conservatories and the Japanese Garden. 
Among recent visitors to the Garden was Dr. H. Terao, botanist 
of the Imperial Agricultural Experiment Station, Tokio, Japan, 
who called on November 10. Dr. Terao plans to spend the re- 
mainder of the academic year at the Bussey Institution, Harvard 
University, investigating problems in plant breeding. He was 
very favorably impressed with our Japanese Garden, pronouncing 
it the most perfect one he had seen in America. 
Owing to the prolonged season of Indian summer, many species 
of plants remained in bloom out of doors until as late as Novem- 
ber 15. 
On Tuesday afternoon, December 7, a meeting of the New 
York City Federation of Women’s Clubs was held at the Chil- 
dren’s Museum, Brooklyn, to consider the topic, “ What our city 
is doing for children.” The speakers were Mrs. Janet D. Cheney, 
chairman of the art department of the Washington Irving high 
school, New York, Dr. C. Stuart Gager, director of the Brooklyn 
Botanic Garden, Mrs. John Francis Yawger, New York City, 
Mrs. Henry D. Annable, chairman of the Alliance of Women’s 
Clubs of Brooklyn, Miss Anna B. Gallup, curator of the Chil- 
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