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dening and nature-study. Monday and Saturday afternoons are 
usually available fot this purpose. Appointments must be made 
in advance. Address Miss Ellen Eddy Shaw. 
6. Study and Loan Material.—On request, the Garden will en- 
deavor to provide living seedlings or plant parts for study, to the 
extent of our facilities. Teachers may arrange to have various 
physiological experiments or demonstrations conducted at the 
Garden. Petri dishes, which must be cleaned and delivered 
to the Garden, will, on request, be filled with nutrient agar, ready 
for exposure in the study of bacteria and molds. In all cases 
arrangements must be made by teachers for calling for such ma- 
terial, and all material loaned by the Garden must be returned 
promptly in good condition. 
PLANTATIONS 
The plantations comprise several sections, including the local 
flora (native wild flower garden), general systematic (trees, shrubs 
and herbaceous plants not native within 100 miles of Brooklyn), 
morphological, ecological, economic, and rock gardens, Japanese 
garden, and children’s gardens. As noted below, under Docentry, 
arrangements may be made for viewing the plantations under 
guidance. They are open to the public free to the public daily 
from 8 a. m. until dark ; on Sundays and holidays at 10 a. m. 
CONSE KRVALORI ES 
The Garden conservatories contain a collection of tender and 
tropical plants. Of special interest for teachers of nature study 
and geography is the economic house, containing useful plants 
from the tropics and subtropics, including the following: banana, 
orange, lemon, lime, citron, kumquat, tangelo (a cross between the 
grape-fruit—pomelo—and the tangerine), West Indian cedar (the 
source of the wood used for cigar boxes), eucalyptus, Manila 
hemp, sisal, pandanus (source of the fiber used for making cer- 
tain kinds of panama hats), fig, grape vines from north and 
south Africa, date palm, cocoanut palm, chocolate tree, coffee, 
tea, camphor, ginger, sugar cane, avocado (so-called “alligator 
