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Of the Leaflets, only twelve numbers of Series III were 
issued, instead of the usual fourteen, but two of the numbers 
were double and illustrated. Our present mailing list is fast 
approaching 1,000, many of the calls being from libraries and in- 
dividuals from a distance. The purpose of the Leaflets, as stated 
in an early number, is two-fold: to furnish notice from time to 
time concerning exhibits or concerning plants of special interest 
to be seen at the Garden near the date of issue, and also to present 
to teachers and others brief, popular summaries of certain sub- 
jects of botanical interest. 
The assistant curator of public instruction, Miss Shaw, has 
also continued to serve as editor of the National Plant, Flower 
and Fruit Guild Magazine, and as editor of the Children’s De- 
partment of the Garden Magazine, and of The Nature Club of 
Country-Life-in-A merica. 
Cryptogamic Herbarium 
The following accessions of mosses, algae, and fungi were made 
during 1915: 7 
IMG ESCs aeD UCASE © cu tones sc os tec daces 20 ee 48 
Mosses, by gift from Mrs. N. L. Britton 
wapgahye ee I 
Nigaes iby purchase. ;.;.<; sya eee 50 
ungins by purchase. .«!,..,..999 eae GS 8,285 
Bungieby collection <.... see eee ix0) 
Fungi, by gift from Mr. F. H. Ames ................. 37 
Mota ok. is as. ee pee 8,471 
The report of the assistant curator of public instruction fol- 
lows. 
Report on Elementary Instruction 
By Etten Eppy SHaw 
The work in elementary instruction has continued along three 
lines, which at the very beginning of the work seemed to be most 
imperative, viz., children’s class work, cooperation with schools, 
and instruction for teachers. It is the purpose of this report to 
make a statement of the growth in these three lines of activities, 
and to point out the natural expansion from the set lines. 
