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feature, but rather the story back of it. For these pots, pails and 
boxes of plants were raised in one of the most crowded sections 
of Brooklyn, raised by boys and girls who have for the most part 
only indoor sills and fire escapes for garden plots. The exhibits 
of the Park Department Gardens for children were most com- 
mendable for their quality of flowers and vegetables exhibited. 
The Garden Teachers’ Association of the Brooklyn Botanic 
Garden, as usual, presented a cup as a trophy to the boy or girl 
doing the best work at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden for more 
than one season. This cup was won by Gladys Bergman, of P. S. 
9g. The prizes were awarded October 14, by Mr. Eugene Dail- 
ledouze of Brooklyn. 
The points in the work of the department of elementary in- 
struction in 1916 to be specially noted are the following: the in- 
crease in numbers in the children’s garden classes; the increase 
in use of the Garden by the elementary teachers; the superior 
quality of work done by children in their own gardens, as shown 
by our exhibit; and the summer session of our Garden Teachers’ 
Course. 
Report on Work in Nature Study for Boy Scouts, Camp Fire 
Girls and Others 
By Frank STOLL 
A little more than one year has elapsed since the Brooklyn 
Botanic Garden first offered courses to suit the needs of Boy 
Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, and similar organizations. The first 
classes met on October 16, 1915. Since that time 577 individual 
members of these organizations have availed themselves of the 
opportunity of instruction at the Garden, with a total attendance 
of 1,090. 44 different troops or groups have been thus repre- 
sented. 
My connections as Scoutmaster of Troop No. 50, B. S. A., and 
as Deputy District Commissioner of Flatbush, also my appoint- 
ment by the Brooklyn Council as expert examiner in several 
scout subjects, have brought me in close personal touch with the 
Boy Scout organization of our city and have in turn helped to 
acquaint the organizations with their opportunities here at the 
Garden. 
