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2. School Classes at the Garden.—(a) Schools not provided 
with a stereopticon may arrange for classes, accompanied by 
their teachers, to come to the Botanic Garden, for lectures either 
by a teacher, or by a member of the Garden staff. 
(b) Notice of such a visit should be sent at least one week 
previous to the date on which a talk is desired. These talks will 
be illustrated by lantern slides, and by the conservatory collection 
of useful plants from the tropics and subtropics. Spring and fall 
announcements of topics will be issued during 1918. 
(c) The Garden equipment, including greenhouse, plant ma- 
terial, lecture room, lantern, and slides, is at the disposal of 
teachers who desire to instruct their own classes at the Garden. 
Arrangements must be made in advance with the Curator of 
Elementary Instruction, so that such work will not conflict with 
regular classes and lectures. 
(d) The principal of any secondary or high school in Brooklyn 
may arrange also for a series of six lessons on plant culture to be 
given during the fall to a class. These lessons will be worked 
out for the most part in the greenhouse. Such a course must be 
arranged for in advance, and the class must be accompanied by 
its teacher. Adapted for pupils above the fourth grade. 

3. Home Gardening.—Assistance will be given to children in 
planning and planting home gardens. Enrollment cards for such 
assistance may be had on application to the Curator of Elementary 
Instruction. Prizes will be offered to both schools and indi- 
viduals, at the annual Children’s Garden Exhibit, for the best 
results in home gardening. This exhibit is open to all children in 
the City of Brooklyn, although their garden products may have 
been raised at their summer homes. Certifications must be made 
that the work has been done by the child himself. 
The exhibit for 1918 will be held on the 2oth and 2tst of 
September. All exhibits, of schools as well as of individuals, 
must be brought to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden on the afternoon 
of September the 19th, or by 10 o'clock on the morning of the 
20th. The exhibit will be judged on the afternoon of the 2oth, 
and will then be on exhibition for the public from three to five 
o’clock on the afternoon of the 20th, and from ten in the morning 
