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gun on Monday, April 10, and the rock work completed on Sat- 
urday, May 6. The contractor for the rock work, executed 
under the supervision of our head gardener, Mr. Free, was Mr. 
Thomas F. Guidera. Preliminary planting was done during the 
first two weeks of 
On Tuesday afternoon, March 7, the curator of elementary 
instruction, Miss Shaw, spoke at the School of Horticulture for 
Women, Ambler, Pa., on the subject of magazine writing in the 
field of horticulture. 
The Florists Exchange for May 6, 1916 (p. 1140), contained 
a very appreciative article entitled “ Brooklyn Botanic Garden: 
Notable Developments.” Special mention was made of the 
spring planting for 1916, of the Japanese garden, and of the new 
rock garden, as well as of the wild flowers in bloom in the 
Garden in early May. 
Seven boys who have received training at the Garden in the 
care of plants and lawns, have been placed in positions for the 
present summer. More requests for boys adequately prepared 
for such work have been received at the Garden than could be 
supplied. The preparation of boys for such work is one of the 
numerous opportunities offered to the young people of Brooklyn 
by our department of public instruction. 
The National Educators Conservation Society, with headquar- 
ters in the Barclay Building, 299 Broadway, was organized on 
January 15, 1916, at the Hotel Belmont, New York. The follow- 
ing “creed” was adopted: “Our American Institutions are man- 
made; our natural resources are God-given; the perpetuation of 
the former depends upon the conservation of the latter.” The 
stated object of the society is: ““To promote the active protec- 
tion and increase of wild life and forests through the professional 
educators of America.” The originator and chief promoter of 
this organization is Mr. Nomer Gray, who was elected secretary 
at the first meeting. Prof. Charles L. Bristol, of New York 
University, was elected president, Dr. William T. Hornaday, di- 
rector of the New York Zoological Park, chief counselor, and 
the director of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden one of twelve di- 
rectors, 
