155 
Field Trips for Nature Study with Plants—During the past 
season Mr. Stoll, of the Garden staff, conducted field trips for 
nature study, with special reference to Boy Scouts’ requirements, 
as follows: February 12, Rosedale, L. I. (woods) ; May 30, Van 
Cortlandt Park, N. Y. C. (open country) ; June 10, trip for scout- 
masters to the camp of Ernest Thompson-Seton, Greenwich, 
Conn. (trees); July 4, Prospect Park and the Botanic Garden 
(trees and shrubs) ; July 7-9, Tuxedo, N. Y. (trees and shrubs). 
From July 18 to 21, Mr. Stoll visited a chain of four camps of 
boy scouts at South Kent and Twin Lakes, Conn., and Ancram 
and Woodland, N. Y., giving instruction and conducting field 
trips. During the season about 450 individuals have availed 
themselves of the opportunities offered under Mr. Stoll, with a 
total attendance of I150. 
Cooperation of the Garden in Teachers’ Institute Work—The 
Garden cooperated materially in the recent two weeks’ session 
of the Teachers’ Institute conducted by the New York City Board 
of Education, prior to the opening of the schools to pupils. Sev- 
enty teachers, consisting of one delegate each from the schools in 
the two districts presided over by Miss Grace Strachan, came to 
the Garden for two-hour conferences and instruction by Miss 
Shaw during every afternoon for the two weeks. These dele- 
gates were designated as “school garden delegates,’ and they 
were chosen from those teachers who were specially interested 
in school gardens and nature study. 
The Brooklyn Training School for Teachers sent their practice 
teachers to visit the Garden, and to learn more of our work in 
cooperation with schools. Also the regular teachers of the Train- 
ing School, with Professor Holtz as guide, spent a morning at 
the Garden, learning in particular of our work for children in 
gardening and nature study. The kindergarten teachers of the 
free kindergartens of Brooklyn came to look over the nature 
study work with children at the Garden. Finally, four of the 
high schools of Brooklyn sent parties of teachers from their 
biology departments to visit the Garden, and to learn of our plans 
for cooperation with the high schools of the vicinity. 
