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DEDICATION EXERCISES 
Exercises in connection with the dedication of the completed 
laboratory building and plant houses were held at the Botanic 
Garden on April 19-21. The weather was pleasant throughout, 
and the various sessions were well attended, notwithstanding 
many conflicts with other meetings and the absorption of public 
interest in activities related to the existing war situation. 
On Thursday evening, April 19, the dedication exercises in the 
new lecture hall were followed by a reception and inspection of 
the building. The exhibit on genetics, in which the Cold Spring 
Harbor Station for Experimental Evolution (of the Carnegie 
Institution of Washington) cooperated, proved of general in- 
terest, and was opened to the public on the Sunday following 
dedication, when the building was visited by about 1,200 people, 
although no public announcement had been made in advance. 
The scientific sessions on Friday morning and afternoon, and 
on Saturday morning, were well attended by visiting and local 
botanists, and brought to Brooklyn one of the most important 
gatherings of scientific men ever held in the Borough. The 
Gen was most highly honored by the response of botanists 
to its invitation to a place on the programs, most of the im- 
portant universities and colleges, and other botanical centers east 
of the Mississippi being represented by one or more men. 
After the luncheons on Friday and Saturday the guests of the 
Garden walked through the grounds and conservatories, inspect- 
ing the developmental work and new planting in progress. 
One of the most delightful features of the exercises on Satur-— 
day afternoon was the participation of about ten members of the 
Boy’s Club and the Girl’s Club of the Garden, who told of their 
work here in the department of elementary instruction. 
The programs of the six meetings were as follows: 
TuurspAy EvENING, APRIL 19 
8:15 
Formal exercises for officials, Garden members and invited 
guests. Lecture Hall. Mr. Avrrep T. Wuuite, Chairman of 
the Botanic Garden Governing Committee, presiding. 
