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The village improvement society of Woodstock, Vt., has es- 
tablished at that place a botanical garden in the center of the 
village. The population of Woodstock is only about 1,700. One 
of the purposes of the garden is to call attention to the value of 
the native trees, shrubs, and herbs for decorative and other pur- 
poses. This is a most commendable movement. The establish- 
ment of botanic gardens for the purpose of fostering a knowl- 
edge and love of native plants, and as an adjunct to the nature 
study and botanical instruction in the public schools, should be- 
come general throughout the United States. 
The Mothers’ Club of P. S. 134 held a meeting at the Garden 
on May 10, visiting the conservatories and plantations. 
The Brooklyn Art Guild spent the mornings of May 16 and 
25, and June t sketching in the Japanese garden. 
On Saturday, May 27, the New York Section of the National 
Nature Study Association met at the Garden at 10:30 a. m. for 
an outdoor lesson on common trees, conducted by Dr. Gundersen. 
The Gardeners’ Chronicle of America, for May, 1916, contains 
a reprint of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Leaflet, Series III, No. 
3, on “ Plants for Hanging Baskets,” by Mr. Montague Free. 
About seventy-five delegates to the Biennial Convention of the 
General Federation of Women’s Clubs (in session in New York 
City, May 24-June I, 1916) were the guests of the Brooklyn 
Museum and the Botanic Garden on the afternoon of June 1. 
On May 26 Miss Lula Conover was appointed assistant secre- 
tary of the Garden, beginning on June 1, in place of Miss Eliza- 
beth Seaman, resigned. Miss Conover was in charge of the com- 
mercial department of the Albemarle Normal and Industrial In- 
stitute, Albemarle, N. C., from 1913 to 1915, acting also as secre- 
tary and treasurer. During 1915-16 she was principal of the 
school. Previous to this Miss Conover was for five years office 
assistant to the state engineer, Salem, Oregon, 
On April 28 the Mothers’ Club of P. S. 41 presented the 
Garden with $5.00 for the Children’s Work of the Garden. This 
